Causation and Counterfactuals

Book Overview

One philosophical approach to causation sees counterfactual dependence as the key to the explanation of causal facts: for example, events c (the cause) and e (the effect) both occur, but had c not occurred, e would not have occurred either. The counterfactual analysis of causation became a focus of philosophical debate after the 1973 publication of the late David Lewis's groundbreaking paper, "Causation," which argues against the previously accepted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262532565
• ISBN13: 9780262532563
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 481 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher