This volume presents a selection of the most influential recent discussions of the crucial metaphysical question: What is it for one event to cause another? The subject of causation bears on many topics, such as time, explanation, mental states, the laws of nature, and the philosophy of science. Contributors include J.L Mackie, Michael Scriven, Jaegwon Kim, G.E.M. Anscombe, G.H. von Wright, C.J. Ducasse, Wesley C. Salmon, David Lewis, Paul Horwich, Jonathan Bennett, Ernest Sosa, and Michael Tooley.
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"Excellent...One of the best anthologies on causation."--Joseph G. Moore, Amherst College
"A very well-edited and carefully selected group of papers. They are important papers and we are fortunate to have this collection to assign to our students."--Irving M. Copi, University of Hawaii at Manoa
"A brilliant collection which will define the field of study in causation for the next decade, maybe even longer."--Bernard Baumrin, City University of New York Graduate School
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Ernest Sosa is at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Michael Tooley is at University of Colorado at Boulder.
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A bunch of papers on what causation may be. All of them still worth reading or on the edge of philosophical debate. The quickest head start available on the topic.Well, I liked least the articles of the editors, but that may be subjective ...
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Asked what a cause is, we may be tempted to say that it is an event which precedes the event of which it is the cause, and is both necessary and sufficient for the latter's occurrence; briefly that a cause is a necessary and sufficient preceding condition. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
causal betweenness, condition post factum, minimal sufficient condition, necessary post factum, nomological causation, conjunctive forks, singularist conception, weak reductionism, interactive forks, suitably placed sprinkler, manipulative causation, positive statistical relevance, strong reductionism, lighted oil stove, regularity analyses, perfect forks, singular causal statements, general causal statements, counterfactual dependence, causal calculus, counterfactual analysis, causal field, nomological model, open forks, event causation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Asked what a cause is, we may be tempted to say that it is an event which precedes the event of which it is the cause, and is both necessary and sufficient for the latter's occurrence; briefly that a cause is a necessary and sufficient preceding condition. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
causal betweenness, condition post factum, minimal sufficient condition, necessary post factum, nomological causation, conjunctive forks, singularist conception, weak reductionism, interactive forks, suitably placed sprinkler, manipulative causation, positive statistical relevance, strong reductionism, lighted oil stove, regularity analyses, perfect forks, singular causal statements, general causal statements, counterfactual dependence, causal calculus, counterfactual analysis, causal field, nomological model, open forks, event causation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Journal of Philosophy, David Lewis, Hans Reichenbach, Nagel's Structure of Science, Nicholas Rescher, Mario Cuomo, National Science Foundation, Bertrand Russell, Paul Humphreys, Philosophical Papers New!
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- The Structure of Science: Problems in the Logic of Scientific Explanation (2nd edition) by Ernest Nagel on 9 pages
- The Direction of Time (Dover Books on Physics) by Hans Reichenbach on 7 pages
- Scientific Explanation (Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science) by Philip Kitcher on 6 pages
- Hume: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume on 4 pages
- Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World by Wesley C. Salmon on 4 pages
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