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The Facts of Causation (International Library of Philosophy) [Paperback]

D.H. Mellor (Author)

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Publication Date: December 11, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0415197562 | ISBN-13: 978-0415197564 | Edition: 1

Everything we do relies on causation. We eat and drink because this causes us to stay alive. Courts tell us who causes crimes, criminology tell us what causes people to commit them. D.H. Mellor shows us that to understand the world and our lives we must understand causation.
The Facts of Causation, now available in paperback, is essential reading for students and for anyone interested in reading one of the ground-breaking theories in metaphysics. We cannot understand the world and our place in it without understanding causation. Yet a complete account of the nature and implications of causation does not exist. D.H Mellor's new book is that account.

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The Facts of Causation, now available in paperback, is essential reading for students and for anyone interested in reading one of the ground-breaking theories in metaphysics. We cannot understand the world and our place in it without understanding causation. Yet a complete account of the nature and implications of causation does not exist. D.H Mellor's new book is that account.

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Mellor writes in a truly gripping manner...The Facts of Causation takes you on a journey through causal analysis, i.e. an issue fundamental for philosophy and theory of science...you will enjoy a guided tour while leads you to all the main topics... light up the troublesome parts and exhibits the highlights....
–Erkenntnis

This forcefully and well written book elaborates and ambitious conception of causation, encompassing deterministic and indeterministic causation of events by other events, causation of events by dispositions, and causation of facts by other facts. The topics discussed include relations between causation, explanation, decision making, and evidential warrant Theoria.
This book...is the culmination of Mellor's work on causation over the last thirty years... a welcome addition to the libraries of philosophy of science, psychology, and metaphysics. Philosophical Books.

About the Author

D.H. Mellor is Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University. He is internationally renowned for his original contribution to analytic philosophy

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Paperback: 264 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (December 11, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415197562
ISBN-13: 978-0415197564
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
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To understand causation we need to answer three distinct questions. Read the first page

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weakest rope, evidential connotation, explanatory connotation, indeterministic causation, evidential probability, experiential connotation, indeterministic cause, hypothetical particulars, causal test, most newsworthy event, inessential fact, singular causation, causal instances, causation links, major connotations, causal conditionals, refers rigidly, general causation, expected valuations, causal truths, factual causes, landing heads, simultaneous causation, corresponding chances, causal facts

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Cambridge University Press, Castle Rock, Clarendon Press, Philosophy of Science, Oxford University Press, King of Italy, King Arthur, New York, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Midwest Studies, Princeton University Press, University of California Press, University of Chicago Press

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This book cites 66 books:

Real Time by D. H. Mellor in Front Matter, and page 246
Probability and Causality: Essays in Honor of Wesley C. Salmon (Synthese Library) by J.H. Fetzer in Front Matter, and page 245
Metaphysics and Morality: Essays in Honour of J.J.C. Smart by Philip Pettit in Front Matter, and page 247
Probabilistic Causality (Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision Theory) by Ellery Eells on page 245
From a Logical Point of View: Nine Logico-Philosophical Essays, Second Revised Edition by W. V. Quine on page 247

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Real Time II (International Library of Philosophy) by D.H. Mellor in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
Properties (Oxford Readings in Philosophy) by D. H. Mellor on page 258, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)

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