The Facts of Causation

1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-415-19756-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 406 g

Reihe: International Library of Philosophy

Everything we do relies on causation. We eat and drink because this causes us to stay alive. Courts tell us who causes crimes, criminology tell us what causes people to commit them. D.H. Mellor shows us that to understand the world and our lives we must understand causation.
The Facts of Causation, now available in paperback, is essential reading for students and for anyone interested in reading one of the ground-breaking theories in metaphysics. We cannot understand the world and our place in it without understanding causation. Yet a complete account of the nature and implications of causation does not exist. D.H Mellor's new book is that account.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mellor, D. H.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Behaviourismus
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Neurobiologie, Verhaltensbiologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Soziobiologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, Introduction, 1 Deterministic causation, 2 The chances of effects, 3 Interpretations of probability, 4 Chance, 5 Indeterministic causation, 6 Raising the chances of effects, 7 Causes as means, 8 Degrees of effectiveness, 9 Factual causes and effects, 10 Events, 11 Particular causes and effects, 12 Affecting particulars, 13 Causal relations, 14 Causal facta, 15 Properties, 16 Laws, 17 Time, Bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

D.H. Mellor, D.H. Mellor