Causation and its basis in fundamental physics

This text provides a comprehensive attempt to solve what Henry Field has called 'the central problem in the metaphysics of causation': the problem of reconciling the need for causal notions in the special sciences with the limited role fo causation in physics

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kutach, Douglas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
Series:Oxford studies in philosophy of science / Oxford studies in philosophy of science
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