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Causation is a central topic in many areas of philosophy. In metaphysics, philosophers want to know what causation is, and how it is related to laws of nature, probability, action, and freedom of the will. In epistemology, philosophers investigate how causal claims can be inferred from statistical data, and how causation is related to perception, knowledge and explanation. In the philosophy of mind, philosophers want to know whether and how the mind can be said to have causal efficacy, and in ethics, whether there is a moral distinction between acts and omissions and whether the moral value of an act can be judged according to its consequences. And causation is a contested concept in other fields of enquiry, such as biology, physics, and the law. This book provides an in-depth and comprehensive overview of these and other topics, as well as the history of the causation debate from the ancient Greeks to the logical empiricists. The chapters provide surveys of contemporary debates, while often also advancing novel and controversial claims; and each includes a comprehensive bibliography and suggestions for further reading. The book is thus the most comprehensive source of information about causation currently available, and will be invaluable for upper-level undergraduates through to professional philosophers.
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Genre |
: Philosophy |
Author |
: Helen Beebee |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Release |
: 2012-01-12 |
File |
: 816 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780191629464 |
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Causal reasoning is one of our most central cognitive competencies, enabling us to adapt to our world. Causal knowledge allows us to predict future events, or diagnose the causes of observed facts. We plan actions and solve problems using knowledge about cause-effect relations. Without our ability to discover and empirically test causal theories, we would not have made progress in various empirical sciences. The handbook brings together the leading researchers in the field of causal reasoning and offers state-of-the-art presentations of theories and research. It provides introductions of competing theories of causal reasoning, and discusses its role in various cognitive functions and domains. The final section presents research from neighboring fields
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Genre |
: Causation |
Author |
: Michael Waldmann |
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: |
Release |
: 2017 |
File |
: Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190662743 |
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Woodward's long awaited book is an attempt to construct a comprehensive account of causation explanation that applies to a wide variety of causal and explanatory claims in different areas of science and everyday life. The book engages some of the relevant literature from other disciplines, as Woodward weaves together examples, counterexamples, criticisms, defenses, objections, and replies into a convincing defense of the core of his theory, which is that we can analyze causation by appeal to the notion of manipulation.
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Genre |
: Science |
Author |
: James Woodward |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Release |
: 2005-10-27 |
File |
: 419 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780195189537 |
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In most academic and non-academic circles throughout history, the world and its operation have been viewed in terms of cause and effect. The principles of causation have been applied, fruitfully, across the sciences, law, medicine, and in everyday life, despite the lack of any agreed-upon framework for understanding what causation ultimately amounts to. In this engaging and accessible introduction to the topic, Douglas Kutach explains and analyses the most prominent theories and examples in the philosophy of causation. The book is organized so as to respect the various cross-cutting and interdisciplinary concerns about causation, such as the reducibility of causation, its application to scientific modeling, its connection to influence and laws of nature, and its role in causal explanation. Kutach begins by presenting the four recurring distinctions in the literature on causation, proceeding through an exploration of various accounts of causation including determination, difference making and probability-raising. He concludes by carefully considering their application to the mind-body problem. Causation provides a straightforward and compact survey of contemporary approaches to causation and serves as a friendly and clear guide for anyone interested in exploring the complex jungle of ideas that surround this fundamental philosophical topic.
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Genre |
: Philosophy |
Author |
: Douglas Kutach |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Release |
: 2014-08-26 |
File |
: 146 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780745685847 |
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This is a comprehensive reference work that provides an exhaustive guide to scholarship on the perennial problem of free will.
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Genre |
: Ethics, Modern |
Author |
: Robert Kane |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Release |
: 2005 |
File |
: 658 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780195178548 |
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A guide to current work on free will and related subjects, the focus is on writings of the past 40 years, in which there has been a resurgence of interest in traditional issues about the freedom of the will in the light of new developments in the sciences, philosophy and humanistic studies.
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Genre |
: Philosophy |
Author |
: Robert Kane |
Publisher |
: OUP USA |
Release |
: 2011-07-27 |
File |
: 663 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780195399691 |
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: |
Author |
: Ernest Sosa |
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: |
Release |
: 1998 |
File |
: 252 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: OCLC:880991708 |
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Metaphysics in science / Richard Healey -- Models and theories / Margaret Morrison -- Natural kinds / Muhammad Ali Khalidi -- Probability / Antony Eagle -- Representation in science / Mauricio Suarez -- Reduction / Andreas Huttemann and Alan C. Love -- Science and non-science / Sven Ove Hansson -- Scientific concepts / Hyundeuk Cheon and Edouard Machery -- Scientific explanation / Bradford Skow -- Scientific progress / Alexander Bird -- Scientific realism / Timothy D. Lyons -- Scientific theories / Hans Halvorson -- Values in science / Heather Douglas -- Part III. New directions. After Kuhn / Philip Kitcher -- Astronomy and astrophysics / Sibylle Anderl -- Challenges to evolutionary theory / Denis Walsh -- Complexity theory / Michael Strevens -- Computer simulation / Johannes Lenhard -- Data / Aidan Lyon -- Emergence / Paul Humphreys -- Empiricism and after / Jim Bogen -- Mechanisms and mechanical philosophy / Stuart Glennan -- Philosophy and cosmology / Claus Beisbart --
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Genre |
: Philosophy |
Author |
: Paul Humphreys |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Release |
: 2016 |
File |
: 945 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780199368815 |
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Some of the world's specialists provide in this handbook essays about what kinds of things there are, in what ways they exist, and how they relate to each other. They give the word on such topics as identity, modality, time, causation, persons and minds, freedom, and vagueness.
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Genre |
: Philosophy |
Author |
: Michael J. Loux |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Release |
: 2005-09-08 |
File |
: 740 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199284229 |
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: |
Author |
: Laurie Ann Paul |
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: |
Release |
: 2013 |
File |
: 0 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: OCLC:1120613436 |