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Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality: Russell's Republic Revisited

Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality: Russell's Republic Revisited

Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality: Russell's Republic Revisited
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ISBN-10:
0199278199
ISBN-13:
9780199278190
Pub. Date:
04/19/2007
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0199278199
ISBN-13:
9780199278190
Pub. Date:
04/19/2007
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality: Russell's Republic Revisited

Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality: Russell's Republic Revisited

Overview

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.

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ISBN-13: 9780199278190
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 04/19/2007
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 416
Product dimensions: 9.15(w) x 6.34(h) x 0.89(d)

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University of Sydney

University of Tasmania

Table of Contents

1. . A case for causal republicanism?, Huw Price and Richard Corry2. Causation as folk science, John D. Norton3. What Russell got right, Christopher Hitchcock4. Causation with a human face, Jim Woodward5. Isolation and folk physics, Adam Elga6. Agency and causation, Arif Ahmed7. Pragmatic causation, Antony Eagle8. Causation in context, Peter Menzies9. Hume on causation: the projectivist interpretation, Helen Beebee10. Causal perspectivalism, Huw Price11. Counterfactuals and the second law, Barry Loewer12. The physical foundations of causation, Douglas Kutach13. Causation, counterfactuals, and entropy, Mathias Frisch
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