Owens, David <br/><br/>
Causes and coincidences / 
David Owens. 
 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  2007. 
 - xii, 188 p. ;  23 cm. 
 - Cambridge studies in philosophy .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. The inexplicability of a coincidence; 2. Causes and laws; 3. Events and non-causal explanations; 4. Causal explanation; 5. The direction of causal explanation; 6. Levels of causation; 7. Deviant causal chains; 8. Causation in action; Conclusion: whither causal realism? 
<br/><br/> In a significant departure from traditional theories of causation, David Owens challenges the views of Hume, Davidson, and Lewis, offering alternative solutions to the ongoing issues faced by theorists of causation. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521044486 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Causation.<br/>Coincidence.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>122  / OWE