Cause and chance: Causation in an indeterministic world

Phil Dowe; Paul Noordhof

doi:10.4324/9780203494660

Cause and chance: Causation in an indeterministic world

Phil Dowe^* (Editor), Paul Noordhof (Editor)

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Philosophers have long been fascinated by the connection between cause and effect: are 'causes' things we can experience, or are they concepts provided by our minds? The study of causation goes back to Aristotle, but resurged with David Hume and Immanuel Kant, and is now one of the most important topics in metaphysics. Most of the recent work done in this area has attempted to place causation in a deterministic, scientific, worldview. But what about the unpredictable and chancey world we actually live in: can one theory of causation cover all instances of cause and effect? Cause and Chance: Causation in an Indeterministic World is a collection of specially written papers by world-class metaphysicians. Its focus is the problem facing the 'reductionist' approach to causation: the attempt to cover all types of causation, deterministic and indeterministic, with one basic theory.

Original language	English
Publisher	Routledge
Number of pages	211
ISBN (Print)	0415300983, 9780203494660
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203494660
Publication status	Published - 23 Oct 2003
Externally published	Yes

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