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Causation and Explanation
Stathis Psillos
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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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Contents
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Preface
Page 10-12
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Abbreviations
Page 13-13
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Introduction
Page 14-29
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I: Causation
Page 30-147
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-----1 Hume on causation
Page 32-69
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-----2 Regularities and singular causation
Page 70-93
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-----3 Causation and counterfactuals
Page 94-119
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-----4 Causation and mechanism
Page 120-147
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II: Laws of nature
Page 148-225
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-----5 The regularity view of laws
Page 150-171
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-----6 Laws as relations among universais
Page 172-191
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-----7 Alternative approaches to laws
Page 192-225
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III: Explanation
Page 226-307
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-----8 Deductive-nomological explanation
Page 228-253
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-----9 Statistical explanation
Page 254-275
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-----10 Explanation of laws
Page 276-293
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-----11 The metaphysics of explanation
Page 294-307
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Notes
Page 308-321
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References
Page 322-329
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Index
Page 330-337
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Title
Causation and Explanation
Contributors
Stathis Psillos
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication date
2003-03-13
Pages
xi, 324 p.
Print ISBN
9780773524675
eBook ISBN
9780773583955
LC Subjects
Causation.
,
Explanation.
Audience
Professional and scholarly
Series
Central Problems of Philosophy 8
Subjects
Causation and Explanation
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