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The cement of the universe : a study of causation / J.L. Mackie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mackie, J. L. (John Leslie), author.
- Series:
- Clarendon library of logic and philosophy.
- The Clarendon library of logic and philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teleology.
- Causation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 329 pages)
- Edition:
- Paperback edition.
- Other Title:
- Study of causation
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1980.
- Summary:
- Mackie makes a careful study of several philosophical issues involved in his account of causation. He follows Hume's distinction between causation as a concept and causation as it is 'in the objects' and attempts to provide an account of both aspects.
- Contents:
- Preface to the paperback edition
- Hume's account of causation
- The concept of causation: conditional analyses
- Casual regularities
- Kant and transcendentalism
- Common sense and the law
- Functional laws and concomitant variation
- The direction of causation
- The necessity of causes
- Statistical laws
- Extensionality: two kinds of cause
- Teleology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-98104-4
- 9786611981044
- 0-19-151986-3
- OCLC:
- 1336405676
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