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Language: en
Pages: 348
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-31 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Language: en
Pages: 265
Pages: 265
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-09 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
This book argues, partly through detailed case studies, for the importance of causal reasoning in physics.
Language: en
Pages: 816
Pages: 816
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-12 - Publisher: OUP Oxford
Causation is a central topic in many areas of philosophy. In metaphysics, philosophers want to know what causation is, and how it is related to laws of nature,
Language: en
Pages: 349
Pages: 349
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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