Hume and the Problem of CausationThe authors demonstrate that Hume's views can stand up to contemporary criticism and are relevant to current debates on causality. |
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Humes Two Theories of Causation | 3 |
Humes theory of meaning further suggests that he is com | 28 |
In light of these considerations Hume holds two different | 31 |
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A. J. Ayer accidental account of causal actual analysis Antony Flew argues causal chain causal conditions causal directionality causal explanation causal inference causal judgments causal laws causal priority causal relation causal sequences causally connected causally prior cause and effect Chapter circumstances claim committed conclusion conjoined constant conjunction contexts contiguity counterfactual conditionals criterion David Hume depends describe distinction Ducasse Ducasse's entail Ernest Nagel evidence example experience explanandum extensionality fact fallibilism Hume Hume's account Hume's theory Humean Ibid idea inductive reasoning intensional interpretation irrelevant J. L. Mackie Jaegwon Kim Kemp Smith Kneale lawlike Lewis's logical Mackie's matter meaning ments natural necessary connection necessity nomological notion objects observation occur ontological particular philosophical problem question R. G. Collingwood reason regularity theory relevant requirement retrocausation Sanford seems sense simultaneous singular causal statements Stove teleological theory of causation tion true universals of law