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1 online resource (403 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Note |
Collection of a conference on "Causal republicanism" organized by the Centre for Time of the University of Sydney, July, 2003. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A case for causal republicanism? / Huw Price and Richard Corry -- Causation as folk science / John D. Norton -- What Russell got right / Christopher Hitchcock -- Causation with a human face / Jim Woodward -- Isolation and folk physics / Adam Elga -- Agency and causation / Arif Ahmed -- Pragmatic causation / Antony Eagle -- Causation in context / Peter Menzies -- Hume on causation : the projectivist interpretation / Helen Beebee -- Causal perspectivalism / Huw Price -- Counterfactuals and the Second Law / Barry Loewer -- The physical foundations of causation / Douglas Kutach -- Causation, counterfactuals, and entropy / Mathias Frisch. |
| Summary |
The difference between cause and effect seems obvious and crucial in ordinary life, yet missing from modern physics. Almost a century ago, Bertrand Russell called the law of causality 'a relic of a bygone age'. In this important collection 13 leading scholars revisit Russell's revolutionary conclusion, discussing one of the most significant and puzzling issues in contemporary thought. - ;In philosophy as in ordinary life, cause and effect are twin pillars on which much of our thought seems based. But almost a century ago, Bertrand Russell declared that modern physics leaves these pillars witho. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Causation -- Congresses.
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Causation. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Price, Huw, 1953-
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Corry, Richard.
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University of Sydney. Centre for Time.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Causation, physics, and the constitution of reality. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 9780199278190 0199278199 (DLC) 2006102294 (OCoLC)73954025 |
| ISBN |
9781429470872 (electronic book) |
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1429470879 (electronic book) |
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0191515485 (electronic book) |
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9780191515484 (electronic book) |
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9780199278183 (Cloth) |
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0199278180 (Cloth) |
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9780199278190 (Paper) |
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0199278199 (Paper) |
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128116478X |
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9781281164780 |
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