Causation: The Basics

Causation: The Basics explores questions about what causes are, and how we come to know them, describe them, and put them to use. The book begins with an introduction the history of philosophical thinking about causation, followed by a series of chapters introducing important contemporary accounts of causation.

List of contents

1. Some Basic Questions about Causation
2. Thinking about Causation: A Selective History
3. Causes, Regularities, and Laws
4. Causation, Probability, and Chance
5. Causation and Counterfactuals
6. Models and Interventions
7. Causal Processes and Mechanisms
8. Causes, Purposes, and Agency
9. Finding Causes
10. Choosing Causes

About the author

Stuart Glennan is the Harry Ice Professor of Philosophy at Butler University. He has published widely on causation and explanation in philosophy of science, and is the author of The New Mechanical Philosophy (2017) and co-editor with Phyllis Illari of the Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy (2018).

Summary

Causation: The Basics explores questions about what causes are, and how we come to know them, describe them, and put them to use. The book begins with an introduction the history of philosophical thinking about causation, followed by a series of chapters introducing important contemporary accounts of causation.

Product details

• Authors: Stuart Glennan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2024
• EAN: 9781032061535
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3206153-5
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: The Basics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Economic theory & philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Economic theory and philosophy