Max Kistler

Causation and Laws of Nature (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first English translation of Causalite¿ et Lois de La Nature, and is an important contribution to the theory of causation. Max Kistler reconstructs a unified concept of causation that is general enough to adequately deal with both elementary physical processes, and the macroscopic level of phenomena we encounter in everyday life.

This book will be of great interest to philosophers of science and metaphysics, and also to students and scholars of philosophy of mind where concepts of causation and law play a prominent role.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134150670
• Artikelnr.: 42675637

Autorenporträt

Max Kistler is Maitre de conferences, in the Department of Philosophy at the Universite Paris X-Nanterre, France and member of Institut Jean Nicod, Paris.

Inhaltsangabe

1. What is a Causal Relation? 2. Laws of Nature and Universal
Generalisations 3. Applicability Conditions and the Concept of "Strict Law"
4. Consequences 5. The Nomological Theory of Causation and Causal
Responsibility 6. Efficacious Properties and the Instantiation of Laws 7.
Causal Responsibility and its Applications Conclusion