Causation, physics, and the constitution of reality [[electronic resource] ] : Russell's republic revisited / / edited by Huw Price and Richard Corry

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Clarendon Press; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (414 p.)
• Disciplina: 122
• Soggetto topico: Causation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: 02.02
• Altri autori: PriceHuw <1953-> CorryRichard
• Note generali: Collection of a conference on "Causal republicanism" organized by the Centre for Time of the University of Sydney, July, 2003.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A case for causal republicanism? / Huw Price and Richard Corry -- Causation as folk science / John D. Norton -- What Russell got right / Christopher Hitchcock -- Causation with a human face / Jim Woodward -- Isolation and folk physics / Adam Elga -- Agency and causation / Arif Ahmed -- Pragmatic causation / Antony Eagle -- Causation in context / Peter Menzies -- Hume on causation : the projectivist interpretation / Helen Beebee -- Causal perspectivalism / Huw Price -- Counterfactuals and the Second Law / Barry Loewer -- The physical foundations of causation / Douglas Kutach -- Causation, counterfactuals, and entropy / Mathias Frisch.
• Sommario/riassunto: The difference between cause and effect seems obvious and crucial in ordinary life, yet missing from modern physics. Almost a century ago, Bertrand Russell called the law of causality 'a relic of a bygone age'. In this important collection 13 leading scholars revisit Russell's revolutionary conclusion, discussing one of the most significant and puzzling issues in contemporary thought. - ;In philosophy as in ordinary life, cause and effect are twin pillars on which much of our thought seems based. But almost a century ago, Bertrand Russell declared that modern physics leaves these pillars witho
• Titolo autorizzato: Causation, physics, and the constitution of reality
• ISBN: 0-19-151548-5; 1-281-16478-X; 9786611164782; 1-4294-7087-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458067003321
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