Cause and Chance
Causation in an Indeterministic World
Published by: Routledge
ISBN: 9780415408486
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 211
Edition: First Edition
ISBN: 9780415408486
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 211
Edition: First Edition
Book Summary
Philosophers have long been fascinated by the connection between cause and effect: are 'causes' things we can experience, or are they concepts provided by our minds? The study of causation goes back to Aristotle, but resurged with David Hume and Immanuel Kant, and is now one of the most important topics in metaphysics. Most of the recent work done in this area has attempted to place causation in a deterministic, scientific, worldview. But what about the unpredictable and chancey world we actually live in: can one theory of causation cover all instances of cause and effect? Cause and Chance: Causation in an Indeterministic World is a collection of specially written papers by world-class metaphysicians. Its focus is the problem facing the 'reductionist' approach to causation: the attempt to cover all types of causation, deterministic and indeterministic, with one basic theory. LIST OF READINGS
Introduction
Phil Dowe, Paul NoordhofID: s27479 | 11pp | Copyright Fee: $1.32
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Counterfactuals and the Benefit of Hindsight
Dorothy EdgingtonID: s27480 | 16pp | Copyright Fee: $1.92
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Chance-Lowering Causes
Phil DoweID: s27481 | 11pp | Copyright Fee: $1.32
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Chance-Changing Causal Processes
Helen BeebeeID: s27482 | 19pp | Copyright Fee: $2.28
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Counterfactual Theories, Preemption and Persistence
Douglas EhringID: s27483 | 19pp | Copyright Fee: $2.28
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Probability and Causation
Michael TooleyID: s27484 | 43pp | Copyright Fee: $5.16
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Analysing Chancy Causation Without Appeal to Chance-Raising
Stephen BarkerID: s27485 | 18pp | Copyright Fee: $2.16
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Routes, Processes and Chance-Lowering Causes
Christopher HitchcockID: s27486 | 14pp | Copyright Fee: $1.68
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Indeterministic Causation and Varieties of Chance-Raising
Murali RamachandranID: s27487 | 11pp | Copyright Fee: $1.32
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Probabilistic Cause, Edge Conditions, Late Preemption and Discrete Cases
Igal KvartID: s27488 | 25pp | Copyright Fee: $3.00
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