1.

Record Nr.

UNIBAS000023804

Autore

Fullerton, Bradford Morton

Titolo

Selective bibliography of American literature : 1775-1900 : a brief estimate of the more important American authors and a description of their representative works / by B. M. Fullerton ; with an introduction by Carl Van Doren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : William Farquhar Payson, 1932

Descrizione fisica

XII,327 p. ; 24 cm.

Disciplina

813.54

Soggetti

Letteratura americana

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000849760403321

Autore

Rolfsen, Dale

Titolo

Knots and links / D. Rolfsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkley : Publish or Perish Inc., 1976

ISBN

0-914098-16-0

Descrizione fisica

439 p. ; 25 cm

Collana

Mathematical lecture series ; 7

Disciplina

514.22

Locazione

FINBN

Collocazione

02 21 E 39

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910818895003321

Autore

Psillos Stathis <1965-, >

Titolo

Causation and explanation / / Stathis Psillos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-48976-4

1-317-48977-2

1-315-71071-4

1-282-92132-0

9786612921322

1-84465-331-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 324 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Central problems of philosophy

Disciplina

122

Soggetti

Causation

Explanation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2002 by Acumen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; I Causation; 1 Hume on causation; 2 Regularities and singular causation; 3 Causation and counterfactuals; 4 Causation and mechanism; II Laws of nature; 5 The regularity view of laws; 6 Laws as relations among universals; 7 Alternative approaches to laws; III Explanation; 8 Deductive-nomological explanation; 9 Statistical explanation; 10 Explanation of laws; 11 The metaphysics of explanation; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What is the nature of causation? How is causation linked with explanation? Can there be an adequate theory of explanation? These questions and many others are addressed in this unified and rigorous examination of the philosophical problems surrounding causation, laws and explanation. Part 1 of the book explores Hume's views on causation, theories of singular causation, and counterfactual and mechanistic approaches. Part 2 considers the regularity view of laws and laws as relations among universals, as well as recent alternative approaches to laws. Part 3 examines the issues arising from deductive-nomological explanation, statistical explanation, the explanation of



laws and the metaphysics of explanation. Accessible to readers of all levels, the book provides an excellent introduction to one of the most enduring problems of philosophy.