Causation and explanation / Stathis Psillos.

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Psillos, Stathis

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TextSeries: Central problems of philosophyPublication details: Stocksfield [U.K.] : Acumen, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 324 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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9781844653317
1844653315
9781317489771
1317489772
1902683420
9781902683423
1317489764
9781317489764
1315710714
9781315710716
1282921320
9781282921320
9786612921322
6612921323

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Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; I Causation; 1 Hume on causation; 2 Regularities and singular causation; 3 Causation and counterfactuals; 4 Causation and mechanism; II Laws of nature; 5 The regularity view of laws; 6 Laws as relations among universals; 7 Alternative approaches to laws; III Explanation; 8 Deductive-nomological explanation; 9 Statistical explanation; 10 Explanation of laws; 11 The metaphysics of explanation; Notes; References; Index

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Summary: Annotation Stathis Psillos divides his account into three sections: causation, laws of nature, and explanation. He begins the causation section with Hume's classic "reductive" account and then focuses on the subsequent division between Humean and non-Humean accounts, examining topics such as regularities and singular causation, causation and counterfactuals, and causation and mechanism

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Annotation Stathis Psillos divides his account into three sections: causation, laws of nature, and explanation. He begins the causation section with Hume's classic "reductive" account and then focuses on the subsequent division between Humean and non-Humean accounts, examining topics such as regularities and singular causation, causation and counterfactuals, and causation and mechanism

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