Understanding counterfactuals, understanding causation : issues in philosophy and psychology /

How are causal judgements such as 'the ice on the road caused the traffic accident' connected with judgements such as 'if there had not been any ice on the road, the traffic accident would not have happened'? This book looks at this question by uniting psychological and philosoph...

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Other Authors: Hoerl, Christoph, McCormack, Teresa, Beck, Sarah R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Series:Consciousness and self-consciousness.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:How are causal judgements such as 'the ice on the road caused the traffic accident' connected with judgements such as 'if there had not been any ice on the road, the traffic accident would not have happened'? This book looks at this question by uniting psychological and philosophical approaches to causation and counterfactuals.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 270 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191618390
019161839X
9780191731242
0191731242