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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| Aineistotyyppi: | Licensed eBooks |
| Kieli: | englanti |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1995.
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| Sarja: | International library of philosophy.
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| Linkit: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=76733 |
Sisällysluettelo:
- 1. Deterministic causation
- 2. The chances of effects
- 3. Interpretations of probability
- 4. Chance
- 5. Indeterministic causation
- 6. Raising the chances of effects
- 7. Causes as means
- 8. Degrees of effectiveness
- 9. Factual causes and effects
- 10. Events
- 11. Particular causes and effects
- 12. Affecting particulars
- 13. Causal relations
- 14. Causal facta
- 15. Properties
- 16. Laws
- 17. Time.