Cause and chance : causation in an indeterministic world / edited by Phil Dowe and Paul Noordhof.

Other author Dowe, Phil.
Other author Noordhof, Paul, 1965-
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Descriptionviii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

SeriesInternational library of philosophy
International library of philosophy. ^A14108
Contents Counterfactuals and the benefit of hindsight / Dorothy Edgington -- Chance-lowering causes / Phil Dowe -- Chance-changing causal processes / Helen Beebee -- Counterfactual theories, pre-emption, and persistence / Douglas Ehring -- Probability and causation / Michael Tooley -- Analysing chancy causation without appeal to chance-raising / Stephen Barker -- Routes, processes and chance-lowering causes / Chris Hitchcock -- Interdeterministic causation and varieties of chance-raising / Murali Ramachandran -- Probabilistic cause, edge conditions, late pre-emption and discreet cases / Igal Kvart -- Prospects for a counterfactual theory of causation / Paul Noordhof.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [203]-207) and index.
LCCN 2003007275
ISBN0415300983 (hardback)

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Joyner General Stacks BD541 .C194 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold