Cause and Chance: Causation in an Indeterministic World (International Library of Philosophy) by Phil Dowe (PDF)

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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. Contributors: Stephen Barker, Helen Beebee, Phil Dowe, Dorothy Edgington, Doug Ehring, Chris Hitchcock, Igal Kwart, Paul Noordhof, Murali Ramachandran and Michael Tooley.

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Editorial Reviews: Review ‘ … important new work on a complex and contentious topic’ – The Philosophical Quarterly About the Author Dowe, Phil; Noordhof, Paul

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⭐This is a collection of essays including one by Dr. Dowe himself. All in all and excellent if very technical work. Dowe knows how to pick philosophers to illustrate a wide variety of themes around the subject. All of these essays are well written if technical. It would be helpful to have some independent familiarity with modern philosophy of science, physics, or cosmology.

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