Cause and Chance: Causation in an Indeterministic World

by Phil Dowe and Paul Noordhof

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415300983
• ISBN13: 9780415300988
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"