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One philosophical approach to causation sees counterfactual dependence as the key to the explanation of causal facts: for example, events c (the cause) and e (the effect) both occur, but had c not occurred, e would not have occurred either. The counterfactual analysis of causation became a focus of philosophical debate after the 1973 publication of the late David Lewis's groundbreaking paper, "Causation," which argues against the previously accepted "regularity" analysis and in favor of what he called the "promising alternative" of the counterfactual analysis. Thirty years after Lewis's paper, this book brings together some of the most important recent work connecting--or, in some cases, disputing the connection between--counterfactuals and causation, including the complete version of Lewis's Whitehead lectures, "Causation as Influence," a major reworking of his original paper. Also included is a more recent essay by Lewis, "Void and Object," on causation by omission. Several of the essays first appeared in a special issue of the Journal of Philosophy, but most, including the unabridged version of "Causation as Influence," are published for the first time or in updated forms. Other topics considered include the "trumping" of one event over another in determining causation; de facto dependence; challenges to the transitivity of causation; the possibility that entities other than events are the fundamental causal relata; the distinction between dependence and production in accounts of causation; the distinction between causation and causal explanation; the context-dependence of causation; probabilistic analyses of causation; and a singularist theory of causation.

Causation. --- Counterfactuals (Logic) --- Causality. --- Causation --- Enabling Factors --- Multifactorial Causality --- Multiple Causation --- Predisposing Factors --- Reinforcing Factors --- Causalities --- Causalities, Multifactorial --- Causality, Multifactorial --- Causation, Multiple --- Causations --- Causations, Multiple --- Enabling Factor --- Factor, Enabling --- Factor, Predisposing --- Factor, Reinforcing --- Factors, Enabling --- Factors, Predisposing --- Factors, Reinforcing --- Multifactorial Causalities --- Multiple Causations --- Predisposing Factor --- Reinforcing Factor --- Contrary-to-fact conditional --- Counterfactual conditionals --- Causality --- Cause and effect --- Effect and cause --- Final cause --- Conditionals (Logic) --- Logic --- Beginning --- God --- Metaphysics --- Philosophy --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Teleology --- PHILOSOPHY/General

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Philosophy of science --- Physics --- Causation. --- Physique --- Causalité --- Philosophy. --- Philosophie --- Causation --- Philosophy --- Causalité --- Causality --- Cause and effect --- Effect and cause --- Final cause --- Beginning --- God --- Metaphysics --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Teleology --- Physics - Philosophy

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Kant's masterpiece, 'Critique of Pure Reason', is universally recognised to be among the most difficult of all philosophical writings and yet it is required reading in almost every course that covers modern philosophy. This text is designed for undergraduates to be read alongside the primary text.

Theory of knowledge --- Kant, Immanuel --- Knowledge, Theory of. --- Causation. --- Reason. --- Kant, Immanuel, --- Causation --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Reason --- Mind --- Intellect --- Rationalism --- Epistemology --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- Causality --- Cause and effect --- Effect and cause --- Final cause --- Beginning --- God --- Metaphysics --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Teleology --- Kant, Immanuel, - 1724-1804 - Kritik der reinen Vernunft

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Philosophy, German --- Ethics --- Reason --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Criticism --- Philosophie allemande --- Morale --- Raison --- Théorie de la connaissance --- Critique --- History --- Histoire --- Kant, Immanuel, --- 1 KANT, IMMANUEL --- Filosofie. Psychologie--KANT, IMMANUEL --- 1 KANT, IMMANUEL Filosofie. Psychologie--KANT, IMMANUEL --- Théorie de la connaissance --- Causation --- Mind --- Intellect --- Rationalism --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- Causality --- Cause and effect --- Effect and cause --- Final cause --- Beginning --- God --- Metaphysics --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Teleology

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Behavior --- Risk --- Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms --- Crime --- Evaluation Studies as Topic --- Social Problems --- Age Groups --- Causality --- Quality of Health Care --- Criminology --- Probability --- Epidemiologic Factors --- Investigative Techniques --- Sociology --- Health Services Administration --- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms --- Persons --- Health Care --- Statistics as Topic --- Social Sciences --- Public Health --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures --- Environment and Public Health --- Epidemiologic Methods --- Program Evaluation --- Risk Factors --- Social Behavior --- Violence --- Adolescent