Causation and Explanation

Campbell, Joseph Keim ; O Rourke, Michael ; & Silverstein, Harry ; editors:

Published by MIT Press (2007), Cambridge [MA]

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orig.cloth Minor rubbing. A small ink mark to top page-edge. VG. 24x15cm, xviii,315 pp. Contents: Explaining four psychological asymmetries in causal reasoning: implications of causal assumptions for coherence -- Causality and computation -- Actual causes and thought experiments -- What s wrong with neuron diagrams? -- Mackie remixed -- Occasional causes -- In defense of explanatory deductivism -- Goal-directed action and teleological explanation -- Van Fraassens Dutch book argument against explanationism -- Counterfactuals in economics: a commentary -- Why don t you want to be rich? preference explanation on the basis of causal structure -- Decisions,intentions, urges, and free will: why Libet has not shown what he says he has -- Constitutive overdetermination -- Ex nihilo nihil fit: arguments new and old for the principle of sufficient reason. Minor rubbing. A small ink mark to top page-edge. VG.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Causation and Explanation
• Publisher: MIT Press (2007), Cambridge [MA]
• Binding: Hardcover