Stuart Glennan

Causation: The Basics (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Causation: The Basics explores questions about what causes are, and how we come to know them, describe them, and put them to use. The book begins with an introduction the history of philosophical thinking about causation, followed by a series of chapters introducing important contemporary accounts of causation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003854029
• Artikelnr.: 70097088

Autorenporträt

Stuart Glennan is the Harry Ice Professor of Philosophy at Butler University. He has published widely on causation and explanation in philosophy of science, and is the author of The New Mechanical Philosophy (2017) and co-editor with Phyllis Illari of the Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy (2018).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Some Basic Questions about Causation

2. Thinking about Causation: A Selective History

3. Causes, Regularities, and Laws

4. Causation, Probability, and Chance

5. Causation and Counterfactuals

6. Models and Interventions

7. Causal Processes and Mechanisms

8. Causes, Purposes, and Agency

9. Finding Causes

10. Choosing Causes

Rezensionen

"Causality is arguably the glue that binds together what happens in the world. At the same time, the concept itself has been debated for centuries. This book provides a great introduction to causality, with emphasis on current debates and applications to various fields of research." -Olaf Dekkers, Leiden University, The Netherlands