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9780773524675

Causation and Explanation

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    9780773524675

  • ISBN10:

    0773524673

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-03-01
  • Publisher: McGill Queens Univ Pr
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Summary

In the section on laws of nature, Psillos considers both the regularity view of laws and laws as relations among universals as well as alternative approaches to laws. In the final section on explanation he examines in detail the issues arising from deductive-nomological explanation and statistical explanation before considering the explanation of laws and the metaphysics of explanation. Accessible to students of all levels the author provides an excellent introduction to one of the most enduring problems of philosophy.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction 1(18)
I Causation
Hume on causation
19(38)
Regularities and singular causation
57(24)
Causation and counterfactuals
81(26)
Causation and mechanism
107(30)
II Laws of nature
The regularity view of laws
137(22)
Laws as relations among universals
159(20)
Alternative approaches to laws
179(36)
III Explanation
Deductive-nomological explanation
215(26)
Statistical explanation
241(22)
Explanation of laws
263(18)
The metaphysics of explanation
281(14)
Notes 295(14)
References 309(8)
Index 317

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