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Causation and explanation /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Psillos, Stathis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stocksfield [U.K.] : Acumen, 2002.
Colección:Central problems of philosophy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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