The Cement of the Universe

Zusatztext `It is a singularly impressive and powerful essay and one that will provide a basis for comment and controversy about causation and allied problems for a long time to come.' D. J. O`Connor, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Klappentext Studies causation both as a concept and as it is 'in the objects.' Offers new accounts of the logic of singular causal statements, the form of causal regularities, the detection of causal relationships, the asymmetry of cause and effect, and necessary connection, and it relates causation to functional and statistical laws and to teleology. Zusammenfassung Studies causation both as a concept and as it is 'in the objects.' Offers new accounts of the logic of singular causal statements! the form of causal regularities! the detection of causal relationships! the asymmetry of cause and effect! and necessary connection! and it relates causation to functional and statistical laws and to teleology.

Product details

• Authors: J. L. Mackie, John L. Mackie, John Leslie Mackie
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.09.1970
• EAN: 9780198246428
• ISBN: 978-0-19-824642-8
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy; Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology