Title | : | Making a Difference: Essays on the Philosophy of Causation |
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ISBN | : | 0198746911 |
ISBN-10 | : | 9780198746911 |
Language | : | English |
Format Type | : | Hardcover |
Number of Pages | : | 352 |
Publication | : | Published August 21, 2017 |
Making a Difference presents fifteen original essays on causation and counterfactuals by an international team of experts. Collectively, they represent the state of the art on these topics. The essays in this volume are inspired by the life and work of Peter Menzies, who made a difference in the lives of students, colleagues, and friends. Topics covered the semantics of counterfactuals, agency theories of causation, the context-sensitivity of causal claims, structural equation models, mechanisms, mental causation, causal exclusion argument, free will, and the consequence argument.