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The Cement of the Universe

Author	: J. L. Mackie
Publisher	: Oxford : Clarendon Press
Release Date	: 1974
ISBN 10	: UCSC:32106000079472
Pages	: 348 pages
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Download or read book The Cement of the Universe written by J. L. Mackie and published by Oxford : Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Semiotics

Author	: Roland Posner
Publisher	: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date	: 1997
ISBN 10	: 9783110156621
Pages	: 1031 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (11 users)

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Download or read book Semiotics written by Roland Posner and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 1997 with total page 1031 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series of HANDBOOKS OF LINGUISTICS AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCE is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes general linguistics and the study of linguistics as applied to specific languages, but also covers those more recent areas which have developed from the increasing body of research into the manifold forms of communicative action and interaction. For "classic" linguistics there appears to be a need for a review of the state of the art which will provide a reference base for the rapid advances in research undertaken from a variety of theoretical standpoints, while in the more recent branches of communication science the handbooks will give researchers both an verview and orientation. To attain these objectives, the series will aim for a standard comparable to that of the leading handbooks in other disciplines, and to this end will strive for comprehensiveness, theoretical explicitness, reliable documentation of data and findings, and up-to-date methodology. The editors, both of the series and of the individual volumes, and the individual contributors, are committed to this aim. The languages of publication are English, German, and French. The main aim of the series is to provide an appropriate account of the state of the art in the various areas of linguistics and communication science covered by each of the various handbooks; however no inflexible pre-set limits will be imposed on the scope of each volume. The series is open-ended, and can thus take account of further developments in the field. This conception, coupled with the necessity of allowing adequate time for each volume to be prepared with the necessary care, means that there is no set time-table for the publication of the whole series. Each volume will be a self-contained work, complete in itself. The order in which the handbooks are published does not imply any rank ordering, but is determined by the way in which the series is organized; the editor of the whole series enlist a competent editor for each individual volume. Once the principal editor for a volume has been found, he or she then has a completely free hand in the choice of co-editors and contributors. The editors plan each volume independently of the others, being governed only by general formal principles. The series editor only intervene where questions of delineation between individual volumes are concerned. It is felt that this (modus operandi) is best suited to achieving the objectives of the series, namely to give a competent account of the present state of knowledge and of the perception of the problems in the area covered by each volume.

The Oxford companion to philosophy

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Release Date	: 1995
ISBN 10	: 9780199264797
Pages	: 1077 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (992 users)

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The Oxford Companion to Philosophy

Author	: Ted Honderich
Publisher	: OUP Oxford
Release Date	: 2005-03-10
ISBN 10	: 9780191037474
Pages	: 1088 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (91 users)

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Download or read book The Oxford Companion to Philosophy written by Ted Honderich and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2005-03-10 with total page 1088 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oxford University Press presents a major new edition of the definitive philosophical reference work for readers at all levels. For ten years the original volume has served as a stimulating introduction for general readers and as an indispensable guide for students; its breadth and depth of coverage have ensured that it is also read with pleasure and interest by those working at a higher level in philosophy and related disciplines. A distinguished international assembly of 249 philosophers contributed almost 2,000 entries, and many of these have now been considerably revised and updated; to these are added over 300 brand-new pieces on a fascinating range of current topics. This new edition offers enlightening and enjoyable discussions of all aspects of philosophy, and of the lives and work of the great philosophers from antiquity to the present day.

Causation and Modern Philosophy

Author	: Keith Allen
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2011-02
ISBN 10	: 9781136820069
Pages	: 280 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (368 users)

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Download or read book Causation and Modern Philosophy written by Keith Allen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a collection of new essays by leading scholars on the subject of causation in the early modern period, from Descartes to Lady Mary Shepherd. Aimed at researchers, graduate students and advanced undergraduates, the volume advances the understanding of early modern discussions of causation, and situates these discussions in the wider context of early modern philosophy and science. Specifically, the volume contains essays on key early modern thinkers, such as Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Hume, Kant. It also contains essays that examine the important contributions to the causation debate of less widely discussed figures, including Louis la Forge, Thomas Brown and Lady Mary Shepherd.

Reading Philosophy of Religion

Author	: Graham Oppy
Publisher	: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date	: 2010-04-26
ISBN 10	: 9781405170826
Pages	: 329 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (51 users)

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Download or read book Reading Philosophy of Religion written by Graham Oppy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-04-26 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Philosophy of Religion combines a diverse selection of classical and contemporary texts in philosophy of religion with insightful commentaries. Offers a unique presentation through a combination of text and interactive commentary Provides a mix of classic and contemporary texts, including some not anthologized elsewhere Includes writings from thinkers such as Aquinas, Boethius, Hume, Plantinga and Putnam Divided into sections which examine religious language, the existence of God, reason, argument and belief, divine properties, and religious pluralism

Abri eines neuen Buches betitelt Ein Traktat ber die menschliche Natur

Author	: David Hume
Publisher	: Felix Meiner Verlag
Release Date	: 1980-01-01
ISBN 10	: 9783787332427
Pages	: 149 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (873 users)

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Download or read book Abri eines neuen Buches betitelt Ein Traktat ber die menschliche Natur written by David Hume and published by Felix Meiner Verlag. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beim Abriß handelt es sich um eine anonyme Selbstanzeige, durch die Hume die Aufmerksamkeit des Publikums auf seinen Traktat zu lenken hoffte; die Schrift enthält eine sehr klare und prägnante Darlegung der Hauptthesen seiner theoretischen Philosophie. Der ebenfalls anonym publizierte Brief ist Humes Versuch, seinen Traktat gegen den Vorwurf zu verteidigen, die vorgetragene Theorie sei skeptizistisch und atheistisch und untergrabe die Grundlagen der Moral.

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Eine Untersuchung ber den menschlichen Verstand

Author	: David Hume
Publisher	: Reclam Verlag
Release Date	: 2016-11-09
ISBN 10	: 9783159611884
Pages	: 504 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (596 users)

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Download or read book An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Eine Untersuchung ber den menschlichen Verstand written by David Hume and published by Reclam Verlag. This book was released on 2016-11-09 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humes "Enquiry" gehört zu den wichtigsten Werken des großen schottischen Philosophen und ist einer der Klassiker der Philosophiegeschichte: Kant wurde nach seiner eigenen Aussage von diesem Werk aus seinem "dogmatischen Schlummer" geweckt und zu seiner kritischen Philosophie angeregt. In 12 Essays untersucht Hume verschiedenste Themen, die auch heute von Interesse sind, etwa Kausalität, den Skeptizismus, die Frage, ob wir frei oder determiniert sind oder ob es Wunder (bzw. letztlich: Religion) geben kann. Die zweisprachige Ausgabe gibt die vollständig durchgesehene klassische Übersetzung von Herbert Herring wieder und führt in Kommentar und Nachwort auf den neuesten Stand der Forschung. E-Book mit Seitenzählung der gedruckten Ausgabe: Buch und E-Book können parallel benutzt werden.

The Metaphysics of Historical Jesus Research

Author	: Jonathan Rowlands
Publisher	: Taylor & Francis
Release Date	: 2022-11-04
ISBN 10	: 9781000781922
Pages	: 243 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (7 users)

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Download or read book The Metaphysics of Historical Jesus Research written by Jonathan Rowlands and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-04 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Rowlands interrogates the theological and philosophical foundations of the 'Quest' for the historical Jesus, from Reimarus to the present day, culminating in a call for greater metaphysical transparency and diversity in the discipline. This multidisciplinary approach to historical Jesus research, drawing on historiography, sociology, philosophy, and theology, makes a significant and original contribution to the field. Part I outlines the implicit role of metaphysical presuppositions in historical methodology by examining the concept of an historiographical worldview. Part II provides an overview of the 'Quest' for the historical Jesus, demonstrating that the disparate historiographical worldviews operative in the 'Quest' evidence a particular shared characteristic, in that they might accurately be described as ‘secular.’ Rowlands’ study concludes with a call for a greater plurality and openness regarding the philosophical and theological presuppositions at work in historical Jesus research. The Metaphysics of Historical Jesus Research is of interest to students and scholars working on New Testament studies and historical Jesus research.

Probabilistic Causality in Longitudinal Studies

Author	: Mervi Eerola
Publisher	: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date	: 2012-12-06
ISBN 10	: 9781461226840
Pages	: 131 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (612 users)

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Download or read book Probabilistic Causality in Longitudinal Studies written by Mervi Eerola and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many applied fields of statistics the concept of causality is central to a scientific investigation. The author's aim in this book is to extend the classical theories of probabilistic causality to longitudinal settings and to propose that interesting causal questions can be related to causal effects which can change in time. The proposed prediction method in this study provides a framework to study the dynamics and the magnitudes of causal effects in a series of dependent events. Its usefulness is demonstrated by the analysis of two examples both drawn from biomedicine, one on bone marrow transplants and one on mental hospitalization. Consequently, statistical researchers and other scientists concerned with identifying causal relationships will find this an interesting and new approach to this problem.

Complicity in International Law

Author	: Miles Jackson
Publisher	: OUP Oxford
Release Date	: 2015-03-12
ISBN 10	: 9780191056758
Pages	: 272 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (91 users)

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Download or read book Complicity in International Law written by Miles Jackson and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how international law prohibits state and individual complicity. Complicity is a derivative form of responsibility that links an accomplice to the wrongdoing of a principal actor. Whenever a legal system prohibits complicity, it must address certain questions as to the content and structure of the rules. To understand how international law answers these questions, this book proposes an analytical framework in which complicity rules may be assessed and defends a normative claim as to how they should be structured. Anchored by this framework and normative claim, this book shows that international criminal law regulates individual complicity in a comprehensive way, using the doctrines of instigation and aiding and abetting to inculpate complicit participants in international crimes. By contrast, international law's regulation of state complicity was historically marked by an absence of complicity rules. This is changing. In respect of state complicity in the wrongdoing of another state, international law now imposes both specific and general complicity obligations, the latter prohibiting states from aiding or assisting another state in the commission of any internationally wrongful act. In respect of the ways that states participate in harms caused by non-state actors, the traditional normative structure of international law, which imposed obligations only on states, foreclosed the possibility of prohibiting the state's participation as a form of complicity. As that traditional normative structure has evolved, so the possibility of holding states responsible for complicity in the wrongdoing of non-state actors has emerged. More and more, both the wrongs that international actors commit, and the wrongs they help or encourage others to commit, matter.

Causality in the Sciences

Author	: Phyllis McKay Illari
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Release Date	: 2011-03-17
ISBN 10	: 9780199574131
Pages	: 953 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (995 users)

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Download or read book Causality in the Sciences written by Phyllis McKay Illari and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 953 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do ideas of how mechanisms relate to causality and probability differ so much across the sciences? Can progress in understanding the tools of causal inference in some sciences lead to progress in others? This book tackles these questions and others concerning the use of causality in the sciences.

Hume s Theory of Causation

Author	: Angela M. Coventry
Publisher	: A&C Black
Release Date	: 2006-06-08
ISBN 10	: 9781847142221
Pages	: 192 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (471 users)

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Download or read book Hume s Theory of Causation written by Angela M. Coventry and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-06-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Causation has always been a central topic in the history of philosophy. Many theories causation have been advanced, but not one has approached anything like general acceptance. Yet the concept of causation is prevalent in many areas of contemporary philosophy: there are the causal theories of language, of action, of personal identity, of knowledge, of perception, of scientific explanation, and of reference. If causation is doing all this philosophical work, it seems essential to strive for an intelligible account of what a 'cause' actually is. One obvious place to start is Hume's analysis of causation, which is generally thought to be the most significant and influential single contribution to the topic. But despite the widely recognized importance of his analysis, many opposing interpretations surround his causal theory. There are some commentators who believe that his theory is a version of realism and many others who argue that it is a version of anti-realism. There is considerable textual evidence for, and also against, each interpretation. Angela Coventry develops a more conciliatory approach. She argues that Hume's causal theory is best understood as 'quasi-realist' - an intermediate position between realism and anti-realism. This makes sense of some seemingly contradictory passages in Hume's work and also provides an answer to a major objection which is commonly thought to devastate his causal theory. Coventry then goes on to outline a general, topic-independent, conception of quasi-realism as distinct from realistm and anti-realism that allows it to stand as a consistent third alternative.

Causation in Population Health Informatics and Data Science

Author	: Olaf Dammann
Publisher	: Springer
Release Date	: 2018-10-29
ISBN 10	: 9783319963075
Pages	: 134 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (199 users)

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Download or read book Causation in Population Health Informatics and Data Science written by Olaf Dammann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marketing text: This book covers the overlap between informatics, computer science, philosophy of causation, and causal inference in epidemiology and population health research. Key concepts covered include how data are generated and interpreted, and how and why concepts in health informatics and the philosophy of science should be integrated in a systems-thinking approach. Furthermore, a formal epistemology for the health sciences and public health is suggested. Causation in Population Health Informatics and Data Science provides a detailed guide of the latest thinking on causal inference in population health informatics. It is therefore a critical resource for all informaticians and epidemiologists interested in the potential benefits of utilising a systems-based approach to causal inference in health informatics.

Causation and Universals

Author	: Evan Fales
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2002-09-11
ISBN 10	: 9781134950010
Pages	: 304 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (349 users)

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Download or read book Causation and Universals written by Evan Fales and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world contains objective causal relations and universals, both of which are intimately connected. If these claims are true, they must have far-reaching consequences, breathing new life into the theory of empirical knowledge and reinforcing epistemological realism. Without causes and universals, Professor Fales argues, realism is defeated, and idealism or scepticism wins. Fales begins with a detailed analysis of David Hume's argument that we have no direct experience of necessary connections between events, concluding that Hume was mistaken on this fundamental point. Then, adopting the view of Armstrong and others that causation is grounded in a second-order relation between universals, he explores a range of topics for which the resulting analysis of causation has systematic implications. In particular, causal identity conditions for physical universals are proposed, which generate a new argument for Platonism. The nature of space and time is discussed, with arguments against backward causation and for the view that space and time can exist independently of matter or causal process. Many of Professor Fales's conclusions seem to run counter to received opinion among contemporary empiricists. Yet his method is classically empiricist in spirit, and a chief motive for these metaphysical explorations is epistemological. The final chapters investigate the perennial question of whether an empiricist, internalist and foundational epistemology can support scientific realism.

Causality

Author	: Phyllis McKay Illari
Publisher	: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date	: 2014
ISBN 10	: 9780199662678
Pages	: 325 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (996 users)

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Download or read book Causality written by Phyllis McKay Illari and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Head hits cause brain damage - but not always. Should we ban sport to protect athletes? Exposure to electromagnetic fields is strongly associated with cancer development - does that mean exposure causes cancer? Should we encourage old fashioned communication instead of mobile phones to reduce cancer rates? According to popular wisdom, the Mediterranean diet keeps you healthy. Is this belief scientifically sound? Should public health bodies encourage consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables? Severe financial constraints on research and public policy, media pressure, and public anxiety make such questions of immense current concern not just to philosophers but to scientists, governments, public bodies, and the general public. In the last decade there has been an explosion of theorizing about causality in philosophy, and also in the sciences. This literature is both fascinating and important, but it is involved and highly technical. This makes it inaccessible to many who would like to use it, philosophers and scientists alike. This book is an introduction to philosophy of causality - one that is highly accessible: to scientists unacquainted with philosophy, to philosophers unacquainted with science, and to anyone else lost in the labyrinth of philosophical theories of causality. It presents key philosophical accounts, concepts and methods, using examples from the sciences to show how to apply philosophical debates to scientific problems.

Questioning Causality Scientific Explorations of Cause and Consequence Across Social Contexts

Author	: Rom Harré
Publisher	: ABC-CLIO
Release Date	: 2016-01-25
ISBN 10	: 9781440831799
Pages	: 421 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (48 users)

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Download or read book Questioning Causality Scientific Explorations of Cause and Consequence Across Social Contexts written by Rom Harré and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2016-01-25 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering a topic applicable to fields ranging from education to health care to psychology, this book provides a broad critical analysis of the assumptions that researchers and practitioners have about causation and explains how readers can improve their thinking about causation.