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Causation and explanation / edited by Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke, and Harry Silverstein.
| Other author | Campbell, Joseph Keim, 1958- |
| Other author | O'Rourke, Michael, 1963- |
| Other author | Silverstein, Harry, 1942- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, |
| Description | xviii, 315 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from MIT Press Direct to Open Backfile HSS Monographs |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Topics in contemporary philosophy |
| 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. |
| General note | "A Bradford book." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006033531 |
| ISBN | 9780262033633 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0262033631 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780262532907 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0262532905 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |