This monograph looks at causal nets from a philosophical point of view. The author shows that one can build a general philosophical theory of causation on the basis of the causal nets framework that can be fruitfully used to shed new light on philosophical issues. Coverage includes both a theoretical as well as application-oriented approach to the subject.The author first counters David Hume's challenge about whether causation is something ontologically real. The idea behind this is that good metaphysical... Mehr
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