Title:
Causation and conditionals / edited by Ernest Sosa.
Oxford readings in philosophy
Author:
Sosa, Ernest.
General Notes:
Includes index., Includes index.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Publication Place:
London ; New York :
ISBN:
0198750307 :
Subject:
Causation -- Addresses, essays, lectures.
Conditionals (Logic) -- Addresses, essays, lectures.
Series:
Oxford readings in philosophy
Contents:
Mackie, J. L. Causes and conditions.--Taylor, R. The metaphysics of causation.--Scriven, M. Defects of the necessary condition analysis of causation.--Kim, J. Causes and events: Mackie on causation.--Anscombe, G. E. M. Causality and determination.--Davidson, D. Causal relations.--Wright, G. H. von. On the logic and epistemology of the causal relation.--Ducasse, C. J. On the nature and the observability of the causal relation.--Sellars, W. S. Counterfactuals.--Chisholm, R. M. Law statements and counterfactual inference.--Rescher, N. Belief-contravening suppositions and the problem of contrary-to-fact conditionals.--Stalnaker, R. A theory of conditionals.--Lewis, D. Causation.--Kim, J. Causes and counterfactuals.
Physical Description:
vi, 202 p. : ill. ;
Publication Date:
1975.