The Secret Connexion: Causation, Realism, And David Hume by Galen Strawson (PDF)

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In this revised and updated edition of The Secret Connexion, Galen Strawson explores one of the most discussed subjects in all philosophy: David Hume’s work on causation. Strawson challenges the standard view of Hume, according to which he thinks that there is no such thing as causal influence, and that there is nothing more to causation than things of one kind regularly following things of another kind. He argues that Hume does believe in causal influence, but insists that we cannot know its nature. The regularity theory of causation is indefensible, and Hume never adopted it in any case.

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Editorial Reviews: Review “a comprehensive and persuasively argued position … exceptionally well written.” ―International Studies in Philosophy”thoroughly convincing” ―London Review of Books”beautifully argued” ―Times Literary Supplement”it stretched me till I twanged” ―Craig Raine, Observer”His style is lively, even impassioned. Best of all, he shares the reader’s amusement at his own fevered combing of the text.” ―Australian Journal of Philosophy About the Author Galen Strawson holds the President’s Chair in Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to that he was Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Jesus College, Oxford (1987-2000) and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading (2001-2013). From 2004 to 2007 he was also Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at CUNY Graduate Center in New York. He has held visiting positions at the Research School of Social Sciences at Australian National University (1993 and 2012), New York University (1997), Rutgers University (2000), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2010), Princeton University (2011), and the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris (2012). Strawson received his degrees from the universities of Cambridge and Oxford and studied at the Ecole normale superieure and the Sorbonne in Paris (1977-8).

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⭐Having been recomended this book during a course on causation for non-philosophers, I was pleased to find it rather more accessible than most texts. Not only did it bring Hume within the mainstream view on causation , but it made comprensable many metaphysical idea. It was somewhat repetitive at times, but this was in the sense as a reinforcement, and revision of ideas. I would recomend it to others doing causation courses.

⭐HumeのCausality論に関する論考ですが、根底にあるHumeの考え方に対する主張はEvident connectionと同じです（あたりまえですが）。Part 2＆３はHumeのTextそのものに興味がないとあまり面白くないかもしれません。どこかで「複雑精妙な哲学的論考の末に極めて常識的な考え方にたどり着くのはよくあることだ」というような文章を読んだ気がするのですが、最終章ではそんなことも思い出しました。でも面白いです。Humeの好きなヒト（私みたいに）やG.S.の文章の好きなヒト（私みたいに）なら楽しい読書になると思います。

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