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| Titolo: | Laws of nature, causation and supervenience / edited, with an introduction by Michael Tooley. |
| Pubblicazione: | New York : Garland, 1999. |
| Descrizione fisica: | XV, 363 p. ; 24 cm |
| Serie: | Analytical metaphysics ; 1 |
| Note: | Saggi già pubbl. |
| Contiene: | Indice: Introduction. Pt. 1. Supervenience: 1. Supervenience and nomological incommensurables / Jaegwon Kim 2. A poor man's guide to supervenience and determination / Paul Teller 3. Supervenience as a philosophical concept / Jaegwon Kim. Pt. 2. Laws of nature: 1. What is a law of nature? / A.J. Ayer 2. The metalinguistic theory: laws of nature / David Lewis 3. Resiliency, propensities and causal necessity / Brian Skyrms 4. Natural laws and contrary-to-fact conditionals / William Kneale 5. Causality and properties / Sydney Shoemaker 6. The nature of laws / Michael Tooley. Pt. 3. The nature of causation: 1. Causes and conditions / J.L. Mackie 2. Causation / David Lewis 3. Causes and counterfactuals / Jaegwon Kim 4. Probabilistic causality / Wesley C. Salmon 5. Causal irregularity / Fred I. Dretske and Aaron Snyder 6. Probabilistic causation and causal processes: a critique of Lewis / Peter Menzies 7. Causal Laws and effective strategies / Nancy Cartwright 8. Process causality and asymmetry / Phil Dowe 9. Causality and determination / G.E.M. Anscombe 10. The nature of causation: a singularist account / Michael Tooley 11. Causal relations / Donald Davidson. Acknowledgments |
| ISBN: | 0815330642 |
| Altri autori: | Kim, Jaegwon.
Davidson, Donald, 1917-2003. Teller, Paul. Ayer, Alfred Jules, 1910-1989. Lewis, David K., 1941-2001. Skyrms, Brian. Kneale, William Calvert, 1906-1990. Shoemaker, Sydney. Dretske, Fred I. Mackie, John Leslie. Salmon, Wesley C., 1925- Menzies, Peter. Snyder, Aaron. Cartwright, Nancy. Dowe, Phil. Anscombe, Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret. Tooley, Michael, 1941- |
| Discipline: | Epistemologia e Filosofia della scienza--Studi. |
| Sudd. cronologiche: | Secolo XX. |
| Collocazione: | LS 13164 |
| Nota di esemplare: | Mostra nota di esemplare |
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