Causation and explanation / / Stathis Psillos
| Causation and explanation / / Stathis Psillos |
| Autore | Psillos Stathis <1965-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 324 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 122 |
| Collana | Central problems of philosophy |
| Soggetto topico |
Causation
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 | eng |
| 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 |
| Altri titoli varianti | Causation & Explanation |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785315203321 |
Psillos Stathis <1965-, >
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Causation and explanation / / Stathis Psillos
| Causation and explanation / / Stathis Psillos |
| Autore | Psillos Stathis <1965-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 324 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 122 |
| Collana | Central problems of philosophy |
| Soggetto topico |
Causation
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 | eng |
| 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 |
| Altri titoli varianti | Causation & Explanation |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818895003321 |
Psillos Stathis <1965-, >
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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