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A theory of physical probability
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ISBN: 1442670509 9781442670501 0802036031 9780802036032 Year: 2002 Publisher: Toronto, [Canada] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press,

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Richard Johns argues that random events are fully caused and lack only determination by their causes; according to his causal theory of chance, the physical chance of an event is the degree to which the event is determined by its causes.

La création du monde ou la mondialisation
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ISSN: 07682395 ISBN: 2718605790 9782718605791 Year: 2002 Publisher: Paris Galilée

Causation and explanation
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ISBN: 1317489764 1317489772 1315710714 1282921320 9786612921322 1844653315 9781844653317 9781317489771 1902683420 9781902683423 9781902683416 9781902683423 1902683420 1902683412 9781317489764 9781315710716 9781282921320 6612921323 9781317489757 Year: 2002 Publisher: Durham : Acumen Publishing,

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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.

No free lunch : why specified complexity cannot be purchased without intelligence.
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ISBN: 0742512975 Year: 2002 Publisher: Lanham Rowman and little

Universes
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ISBN: 0415041449 0415139554 9780203053188 0203053184 9780415041447 9780415139557 0203053184 1134770669 0203283813 1280194928 1134770677 Year: 2002 Publisher: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis,

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Universes discusses the alleged evidence of fine tuning; mechanisms by which a varied set of Universes might be generated, and whether belief in God could be preferable to accepting universes in vast numbers.

Causa sive ratio : la raison de la cause, de Suarez à Leibniz
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ISSN: 07680708 ISBN: 213050180X 9782130501800 Year: 2002 Volume: *70 Publisher: Paris : Presses universitaires de France,

Super librum de causis expositio
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ISBN: 2711615618 9782711615612 Year: 2002 Volume: 21 Publisher: Paris Vrin

Causation in law and medicine.
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ISBN: 0754622045 Year: 2002 Publisher: Aldershot Ashgate

The Tipping Point : how little things can make a big difference
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ISBN: 9780316346627 9780316316965 Year: 2002 Publisher: New York Little Brown

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From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior. The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas.

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