TY - BOOK ID - 78641308 TI - Causation and explanation PY - 2002 SN - 1317489764 1317489772 1315710714 1282921320 9786612921322 1844653315 9781844653317 9781317489771 1902683420 9781902683423 9781902683416 9781902683423 1902683420 1902683412 9781317489764 9781315710716 9781282921320 6612921323 9781317489757 PB - Durham : Acumen Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Causation. KW - Explanation. KW - Explanation (Philosophy) KW - Knowledge, Theory of KW - Causality KW - Cause and effect KW - Effect and cause KW - Final cause KW - Beginning KW - God KW - Metaphysics KW - Philosophy KW - Necessity (Philosophy) KW - Teleology KW - Geografie KW - Sociale en economische geografie KW - Algemeen. KW - #A0510W KW - Philosophy of nature KW - Theory of knowledge KW - Philosophy of language UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78641308 AB - What is the nature of causation? How is causation linked with explanation? Can there be an adequate theory of explanation? These questions and many others are addressed in this unified and rigorous examination of the philosophical problems surrounding causation, laws and explanation. Part 1 of the book explores Hume's views on causation, theories of singular causation, and counterfactual and mechanistic approaches. Part 2 considers the regularity view of laws and laws as relations among universals, as well as recent alternative approaches to laws. Part 3 examines the issues arising from deductive-nomological explanation, statistical explanation, the explanation of laws and the metaphysics of explanation. Accessible to readers of all levels, the book provides an excellent introduction to one of the most enduring problems of philosophy. ER -