Theories of Causality: From Antiquity to the Present - Tapa dura

-Theories of Causality: From Antiquity to the Present considers issues of cause and effect, and how they apply in both science and daily living. Historical background accompanies a number of causal theories and their interpretations, with chapters analyzing their strengths and weaknesses. Any college-level collection strong in applied philosophy will find this a winning consideration!- --The Midwest Book Review -The material presented in the book... provide[s] a fairly complete overview of the most important philosophical accounts of causality since Aristotle.- --Henk W. de Regt, Metascience "Theories of Causality: From Antiquity to the Present considers issues of cause and effect, and how they apply in both science and daily living. Historical background accompanies a number of causal theories and their interpretations, with chapters analyzing their strengths and weaknesses. Any college-level collection strong in applied philosophy will find this a winning consideration!" --The Midwest Book Review "The material presented in the book... provide[s] a fairly complete overview of the most important philosophical accounts of causality since Aristotle." --Henk W. de Regt, Metascience "Theories of Causality: From Antiquity to the Present considers issues of cause and effect, and how they apply in both science and daily living. Historical background accompanies a number of causal theories and their interpretations, with chapters analyzing their strengths and weaknesses. Any college-level collection strong in applied philosophy will find this a winning consideration!" --The Midwest Book Review "The material presented in the book... provide[s] a fairly complete overview of the most important philosophical accounts of causality since Aristotle." --Henk W. de Regt, Metascience