{"product_id":"causal-asymmetries-paperback-9780521052429","title":"Causal Asymmetries (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521052429","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCausal Asymmetries\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe most comprehensive account available of causal asymmetry, written by a pre-eminent philosopher of science.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaniel M. Hausman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521052429, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 January 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages, 34 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Any serious student of causality - economist or philosopher - will find careful study of Hausman's a valuable tool for clarifying his or her own thinking about causality.' Journal of Economic Methodology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book, by one of the pre-eminent philosophers of science writing today, offers the most comprehensive account available of causal asymmetries. Causation is asymmetrical in many different ways. Causes precede effects; explanations cite causes not effects. Agents use causes to manipulate their effects; they don't use effects to manipulate their causes. Effects of a common cause are correlated; causes of a common effect are not. This book explains why a relationship that is asymmetrical in one of these regards is asymmetrical in the others. Hausman discovers surprising hidden connections between theories of causation and traces them all to an asymmetry of independence. This is a major book for philosophers of science that will also prove insightful to economists and statisticians.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: causation and its asymmetries\u003cbr\u003e 1. Metaphysical pictures and wishes\u003cbr\u003e 1*. Transfer theories\u003cbr\u003e 2. Is causation a relation among events?\u003cbr\u003e 3. Causation, regularities and time: Hume's theory\u003cbr\u003e 4. Causation and independence\u003cbr\u003e 4*. Causation, independence and causal connection\u003cbr\u003e 5. Agency theory\u003cbr\u003e 5*. Causal generalizations and agency\u003cbr\u003e 6. The counterfactual theory\u003cbr\u003e 6*. Independence and counterfactual dependence\u003cbr\u003e 7. Counterfactuals, agency and independence\u003cbr\u003e 7*. Agency, counterfactuals and independence\u003cbr\u003e 8. Causation, explanation and laws\u003cbr\u003e 8*. Causation, explanation and independent alterability\u003cbr\u003e 9. Probabilistic causation\u003cbr\u003e 10. Causation and conditional probabilities\u003cbr\u003e 10*. Causal graphs and conditional probabilistic dependencies\u003cbr\u003e 11. Intervention, robustness and probabilistic dependence\u003cbr\u003e 11*. Interventions and conditional probabilities\u003cbr\u003e 12. Operationalizing and revising the independence theory\u003cbr\u003e 12*. Probability distributions and causation\u003cbr\u003e 13. Complications and conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A: alphabetical list of propositions\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: list of theorems\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy: logic [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: logic\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20logic%20%5BHPL%5D%22\"\u003eHPL\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005101101336,"sku":"9780521052429","price":26.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521052429i_06970d3d-c166-4845-8d49-d2bcdba1675b.jpg?v=1694968754","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/causal-asymmetries-paperback-9780521052429","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}