The facts of causation /

The Facts of Causation covers all kinds of causing and affecting, of both events and facts; deterministic and indeterministic, mental and physical, transparent and opaque. It shows how the chances a cause gives its effects enable it to explain, be evidence for and a means to them, and why it must pr...

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Tác giả chính: Mellor, D. H.
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
Loạt:International library of philosophy.
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Tóm tắt:The Facts of Causation covers all kinds of causing and affecting, of both events and facts; deterministic and indeterministic, mental and physical, transparent and opaque. It shows how the chances a cause gives its effects enable it to explain, be evidence for and a means to them, and why it must precede and be (when immediate) contiguous to them. It explains how we detect causation and what embodies it, and why it entails laws of nature that determine the properties and kinds of facts our world contains. Finally it shows how causation distinguishes time from space, makes it linear, gives it a direction and explains our perception of it.
Mô tả vật lý:1 online resource (xii, 251 pages) : illustrations
Thư mục:Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-248) and index.
số ISBN:0203031075
9780203031070
9780415097796
0415097797
9786610330973
6610330972
9780415197564
0415197562