The Oxford Handbook of Causation

by Christopher Hitchcock, Helen Beebee, Peter Menzies

Book Overview

Causation is a central topic in many areas of philosophy. In metaphysics, philosophers want to know what causation is, and how it is related to laws of nature, probability, action, and freedom of the will. In epistemology, philosophers investigate how causal claims can be inferred from statistical data, and how causation is related to perception, knowledge and explanation. In the philosophy of mind, philosophers want to know whether and how the mind...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199642583
• ISBN13: 9780199642588
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 806 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.7" x 9.7"