The Facts of CausationEverything we do relies on causation. We eat and drink because this causes us to stay alive. Courts tell us who causes crimes, criminology tell us what causes people to commit them. D.H. Mellor shows us that to understand the world and our lives we must understand causation. |
Contents
Singular and general causation | 6 |
1 | 21 |
Probability and necessity | 31 |
4 | 44 |
The meansend connotation | 79 |
8 | 90 |
12 | 99 |
9 | 106 |
27 | 148 |
13 | 156 |
Propensities and properties | 170 |
Properties | 185 |
31 | 187 |
Identifying properties | 193 |
37 | 200 |
38 | 207 |
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