The Oxford Handbook of Causation
Beebee, Helen (Editor),
Professor of Philosophy, University of Birmingham
Hitchcock, Christopher (Editor),
Professor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology
Menzies, Peter (Editor),
Professor of Philosophy, Macquarie University
Print publication date: 2009 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-927973-9 Published to Oxford Handbooks Online: January 2010 doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199279739.001.0001 |
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Abstract:
Introduction – The Ancient Greeks – The Medievals – The Early Moderns – Hume – Kant – The Logical Empiricists – Regularity Theories – Counterfactual Theories – Probabilistic Theories – Causal Process Theories – Agency and Interventionist Theories – Causal Powers and Capacities – Anti-Reductionism – Causal Modelling – Mechanisms – Causal Pluralism – Platitudes and Counterexamples – Causes, Laws, and Ontology – Causal Relata – The Time-Asymmetry of Causation – The Psychology of Causal Perception and Reasoning – Causation and Observation – Causation and Statistical Inference – Mental Causation – Causation, Action, and Free Will – Causation and Ethics – Causal Theories of Knowledge and Perception – Causation and Semantic Content – Causation and Explanation – Causation and Reduction – Causation in Classical Mechanics – Causation in Statistical Mechanics – Causation in Quantum Mechanics – Causation in Spacetime Theories – Causation in Biology – Causation in the Social Sciences – Causation in the Law
Keywords: action, causation, content, counterexample, epistemology, ethics, explanation, free will, inference, knowledge, logic, mechanism, mental causation, metaphysics, model, observation, ontology, Other, perception, pluralism, power, process, reason, reasoning, reductionism, space, will, cause
Introduction
Beebee, Helen
Hitchcock, Christopher
Menzies, Peter
1.
The Ancient Greeks*
Broadie, Sarah
2.
The Medievals
Marenbon, John
3.
The Early Moderns
Clatterbaugh, Kenneth
4.
Hume*
Garrett, Don
5.
Kant
Watkins, Eric
6.
The Logical Empiricists
Stöltzner, Michael
7.
Regularity Theories*
Psillos, Stathis
8.
Counterfactual Theories*
Paul, L. A.
9.
Probabilistic Theories*
Williamson, Jon
10.
Causal Process Theories
Dowe, Phil
11.
Agency and Interventionist Theories
Woodward, James F.
12.
Causal Powers and Capacities
Mumford, Stephen
13.
Anti-Reductionism*
Carroll, John W.
14.
Causal Modelling
Hitchcock, Christopher
15.
Mechanisms
Glennan, Stuart
16.
Causal Pluralism*
Godfrey-Smith, Peter
17.
Platitudes and Counterexamples
Menzies, Peter
18.
Causes, Laws, and Ontology
Tooley, Michael
19.
Causal Relata
Ehring, Douglas
20.
The Time-Asymmetry of Causation*
Price, Huw
Weslake, Brad
21.
The Psychology of Causal Perception and Reasoning
Danks, David
22.
Causation and Observation
Beebee, Helen
23.
Causation and Statistical Inference
Glymour, Clark
24.
Mental Causation
Maslen, Cei
Horgan, Terry
Daly, Helen
25.
Causation, Action, and Free Will*
Mele, Alfred R.
26.
Causation and Ethics*
Sartorio, Carolina
27.
Causal Theories of Knowledge and Perception
Neta, Ram
28.
Causation and Semantic Content
Jackson, Frank
29.
Causation and Explanation
Lipton, Peter
30.
Causation and Reduction
Humphreys, Paul
31.
Causation in Classical Mechanics
Lange, Marc
32.
Causation in Statistical Mechanics
Sklar, Lawrence
33.
Causation in Quantum Mechanics
Healey, Richard
34.
Causation in Spacetime Theories
Hoefer, Carl
35.
Causation in Biology*
Okasha, Samir
36.
Causation in the Social Sciences
Kincaid, Harold
37.
Causation in the Law*
Stapleton, Jane
Index
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'Causation in a Physical World' in The Oxford Handbook of Metaphysics
'Causation' in The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy
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