TY  - BOOK
AU  - Owens, David
TI  - Causes and coincidences
T2  - Cambridge studies in philosophy
SN  - 9780521044486
U1  - 122 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Causation
KW  - Coincidence
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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?
N2  - 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
ER  -