Causation and Explanation: Central Problems of Philosophy, cartea 8
Autor Stathis Psillosen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 mar 2003
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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780773524682
ISBN-10: 0773524681
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: McGill-Queen's University Press
Colecția McGill-Queen's University Press
Seria Central Problems of Philosophy
ISBN-10: 0773524681
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: McGill-Queen's University Press
Colecția McGill-Queen's University Press
Seria Central Problems of Philosophy
Recenzii
"This is the only book I know of that gives a unified treatment of causation, laws, and explanation. Psillos has full command of the literature on these topics and explains the links between the issues masterfully. He gets involved with topics of current controversy and is prepared to take sides but does so with an eye to introducing readers to the central issues." David Papineau, King's College London
Descriere
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.