Causation and explanation / / Stathis Psillos

• Autore: Psillos Stathis <1965-, >
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 122
• Soggetto topico: Causation; Explanation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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? And 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 this 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 d
• Titolo autorizzato: Causation and explanation
• ISBN: 1-317-48976-4; 1-317-48977-2; 1-315-71071-4; 1-282-92132-0; 9786612921322; 1-84465-331-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459496003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Central problems of philosophy.