The Nature of causation
By: edited and with an introd. by Myles Brand.
Contributors: Brand, Myles.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
Subjects: Causation -- Addresses, essays, lectures; Conditionals (Logic) -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Notes: Bibliography: p. [369]-387.
Table of contents: title: The regularity theory: Hume, D. Of the idea of necessary connection. Ducasse, C. J. Causality. Nagel, E. The logical character of scientific laws. Chisholm, R. M. Law statements and counterfactual inference. Goodman, N. The problem of counterfactual conditionals. Stalnaker, R. A theory of conditionals.; title: The activity theory: Collingwood, R. G. Causation. Gasking, D. Causation and recipes.; title: The logical entailment theory: Blanshard, B. Necessity in causation.; title: The necessary connection theory: The nonlogical entailment version: Burks, A. The logic of causal propositions. The necessary-and-sufficient condition version: Taylor, R. Causation. Mackie, J. L. Causes and conditions. Brand, M. and Swain, M. On the analysis of causation.; title: Supplementary issues: Davidson, D. Causal relations.