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Causes and coincidences / David Owens.
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TextLanguage: English Series: Cambridge studies in philosophyPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.Description: xii, 188 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780521044486
- 122 OWE
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Summary: 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.
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?
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Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | ENGLISH-REFERENCE BOOKS | நான்காம் தளம் / Fourth floor | 122 OWE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 310514 |
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?
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.