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UNINA9910785315203321 |
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Autore |
Psillos Stathis <1965-, > |
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Causation and explanation / / Stathis Psillos |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
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1-317-48976-4 |
1-317-48977-2 |
1-315-71071-4 |
1-282-92132-0 |
9786612921322 |
1-84465-331-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 324 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Central problems of philosophy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2002 by Acumen. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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UNINA9910816453903321 |
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Farrow Douglas <1953-> |
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Ascension and ecclesia : on the significance of the doctrine of the Ascension for ecclesiology and Christian cosmology / / Douglas Farrow |
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Edinburgh : , : T&T Clark, , 1999 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (353 p.) |
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Church |
Lord's Supper |
Cosmology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. Thinking about the Church; Eucharist and Ambiguity; Two Histories; 2. The Ascension as Story and Metaphor; A Lukan Artifice?; The Larger Story; Breaking Boundaries; The Master's Metaphor; 3. Cosmologies and Ecclesiologies, I; A Precarious Position; Preserving the Tension; Eucharistic Ecclesiology; One Step Forward; 4. Cosmologies and Ecclesiologies, II; Two Steps Back; Origen; Augustine; Dualist Ecclesiology; East; West; 5. Where is Jesus ?; The Copernican Factor; An Unresolved Question; Discourse on the Dead Christ; Return of the Cosmic Christ; This Same Jesus |
6. Church at the CrossroadsIn the Shadow of Sinai; Ecce Homo!; Appendices; A: Biblical Resources; B: Exaltation and Pre-existence; Bibliography; Index; Index of Names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Index of Subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Index of Biblical References |
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Recent theology offers few attempts to come to grips with the meaning |
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and implications of the ascension of Jesus. Professor Farrow begins with a discussion of the biblical treatment of the ascension and Eucharistic celebration, from which emerges the unique ecclesial worldview. There are chapters on the treatment of these ideas by Irenaeus, Origen and Augustine, and on developments up to the Reformation. He explores the link between ideas of the ascension, cosmology and ecclesiology. Farrow goes on to examine the difficulties faced by the doctrine of ascension in the modern scientific worl |
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