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2 Regularities and singular causation

© Stathis Psillos

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Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Abbreviations xii
  5. Introduction 1
  6. Causation
  7. Hume on causation 19
  8. Regularities and singular causation 57
  9. Causation and counterfactuals 81
  10. Causation and mechanism 107
  11. Laws of nature
  12. The regularity view of laws 137
  13. Laws as relations among uni versais 159
  14. Alternative approaches to laws 179
  15. Explanation
  16. Deductive-nomological explanation 215
  17. Statistical explanation 241
  18. Explanation of laws 263
  19. The metaphysics of explanation 281
  20. Notes 295
  21. References 309
  22. Index 317
Causation and Explanation
This chapter is in the book Causation and Explanation
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773583955-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Abbreviations xii
  5. Introduction 1
  6. Causation
  7. Hume on causation 19
  8. Regularities and singular causation 57
  9. Causation and counterfactuals 81
  10. Causation and mechanism 107
  11. Laws of nature
  12. The regularity view of laws 137
  13. Laws as relations among uni versais 159
  14. Alternative approaches to laws 179
  15. Explanation
  16. Deductive-nomological explanation 215
  17. Statistical explanation 241
  18. Explanation of laws 263
  19. The metaphysics of explanation 281
  20. Notes 295
  21. References 309
  22. Index 317
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