The Logic of Causation
Subtitle: Definition, Induction and Deduction of Deterministic Causality
Publisher: Author through Lulu.com
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9782970009139
Description: Includes all three phases of the research.
Table of contents: title: Phase One: Macroanalysis.; title: Chapter 1. The Paradigm of Causation	11; title: 1.	Causation.	11; title: 2.	The Paradigmic Determination.	12; title: Chapter 2. The Generic Determinations	16; title: 1.	Strong Determinations.	16; title: 2.	Parallelism of Strongs.	19; title: 3.	Weak Determinations.	21; title: 4.	Parallelism of Weaks.	28; title: 5.	The Four Genera of Causation.	29; title: 6.	Negations of Causation.	31; title: Chapter 3. The Specific Determinations	34; title: 1.	The Species of Causation.	34; title: 2.	The Joint Determinations.	36; title: 3.	The Significance of Certain Findings.	43; title: Chapter 4. Immediate Inferences	46; title: 1.	Oppositions.	46; title: 2.	Eductions.	47; title: 3.	The Directions of Causation.	55; title: Chapter 5. Causative Syllogism	58; title: 1.	Causal or Effectual Chains.	58; title: 2.	Some Instructive Examples.	59; title: 3.	Figures and Moods.	62; title: Chapter 6. List of Positive Moods	69; title: 1.	Valid and Invalid Moods.	69; title: 2.	Moods in Figure 1.	71; title: 3.	Moods in Figure 2.	75; title: 4.	Moods in Figure 3.	79; title: Chapter 7. Reduction of Positive Moods	85; title: 1.	Reduction.	85; title: 2.	Reductions in Figure 1.	90; title: 3.	Reductions in Figure 2.	96; title: 4.	Reductions in Figure 3.	102; title: Chapter 8. Matricial Analyses	109; title: 1.	Matricial Analysis.	109; title: 2.	Crucial Matricial Analyses in Figure 1.	112; title: 3.	Crucial Matricial Analyses in Figure 2.	127; title: 4.	Crucial Matricial Analyses in Figure 3.	133; title: Chapter 9. Squeezing Out More Information	141; title: 1.	The Interactions of Determinations.	141; title: 2.	Negative Moods.	145; title: 3.	Negative Conclusions from Positive Moods.	148; title: 4.	Imperfect Moods.	152; title: Chapter 10. Wrapping Up Phase One	155; title: 1.	Highlights of Findings.	155; title: 2.	The Modes of Causation.	157; title: 3.	Gaps and Loose Ends.	159; title: Appendix 1:	J. S. Mill’s Methods:  A Critical Analysis.	161; title: Preamble	161; title: 1.	The Joint Method of Agreement and Difference	162; title: 2.	The Method of Agreement	165; title: 3.	The Method of Difference	167; title: 4.	The Method of Residues	170; title: 5.	The Method of Concomitant Variations	172; title: Concluding Remarks	174; title: Phase Two: Microanalysis.; title: Chapter 11. Piecemeal Microanalysis.	179; title: 1.	Binary Coding and Unraveling.	179; title: 2.	The Generic Determinations.	181; title: 3.	Contraction and Expansion.	183; title: 4.	Intersection, Nullification and Merger.	187; title: 5.	Negation.	190; title: Chapter 12. Systematic Microanalysis.	193; title: 1.	Grand Matrices.	193; title: 2.	Moduses in a Two-Item Framework.	195; title: 3.	Catalogue of Moduses, for Three Items.	199; title: 4.	Enumeration of Moduses, for Three Items.	204; title: 5.	Comparing Frameworks.	206; title: Chapter 13. Some More Microanalyses.	209; title: 1.	Relative Weaks.	209; title: 2.	Items of Negative Polarity in Two-Item Framework.	212; title: 3.	Items of Negative Polarity in Three-Item Framework.	216; title: 4.	Categoricals and Conditionals.	221; title: Chapter 14. Main Three-Item Syllogisms.	231; title: 1.	Applying Microanalysis to Syllogism.	231; title: 2.	The Moduses of Premises.	233; title: 3.	The Moduses of Conclusions.	236; title: 4.	Dealing with Vaguer Propositions.	243; title: Chapter 15. Some More Three-Item Syllogisms.	246; title: 1.	Special Cases of Three-item Syllogism.	246; title: 2.	Dealing with Negatives.	256; title: Chapter 16. Outstanding Issues.	261; title: 1.	Four-Item Syllogism.	261; title: 2.	On Laws of Causation.	262; title: 3.	Interdependence.	267; title: 4.	Other Features of Causation Worthy of Study.	270; title: 5.	To Be Continued.	271; title: Phase Three: Software Assisted Analysis.; title: Chapter 17. Resuming the Research.	275; title: 1.	History of the Research.	275; title: 2.	Matrices of the Frameworks.	276; title: 3.	Comparing Frameworks.	278; title: Chapter 18. Moduses of the Forms.	280; title: 1.	2-Item Framework Moduses.	280; title: 2.	3-Item Framework Moduses.	281; title: 3.	4-Item Moduses of the Forms.	282; title: 4.	Interpretation of the Moduses.	283; title: Chapter 19. Defining Causation.	294; title: 1.	Back to the Beginning.	294; title: 2.	The Puzzle of No Non-connection.	297; title: 3.	The Definition of Causation.	301; title: 4.	Oppositions and Other Inferences.	303; title: Chapter 20. Concerning Complements.	306; title: 1.	Reducing Numerous Complements to Just Two.	306; title: 2.	Dependence Between Complements.	307; title: 3.	Exclusive Weak Causation.	308; title: 4.	The Need for an Additional Item (or Two).	311; title: Chapter 21. Causative Syllogisms.	313; title: 1.	Methodology.	313; title: 2.	3-Item Syllogisms.	314; title: 3.	4-Item Syllogisms.	316; title: 4.	About 5-item Syllogism.	326; title: Chapter 22. Scanning for Conclusions.	328; title: 1.	Methodology.	328; title: 2.	Forms Studied and their Oppositions.	330; title: 3.	3-Item Syllogisms.	331; title: 4.	4-Item Syllogisms.	334; title: Chapter 23. Exploring Further Afield.	351; title: 1.	Possible Forms of Premises.	351; title: 2.	Dealing with Negative Items.	352; title: 3.	Preventive Syllogisms and their Derivatives.	354; title: 4.	Syllogisms with Negative Premise(s).	356; title: 5.	Causal Logic Perspective.	358; title: Chapter 24. A Practical Guide to Causative Logic.	361; title: 1.	What is Causation?	361; title: 2.	How is Causation Known?	363; title: 3.	A List of the Main Causative Arguments.	367; title: 4.	Closing Remark.	369; title: Diagrams	370; title: Tables	370