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A cause for thought : an essay in metaphysics / John W. Burbidge.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Montreal [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2014.; Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2014.Description: 1 online resource (139 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773591943
  • 9780773543546
  • 9780773543539
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BD541 .C387 2014
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Contents:
2 The Ontology of Cause -- 3 The Cosmology of Complex Cause 6 Conclusion Works Cited -- 4 The Psychology of Conscious and Rational Agents -- 5 The Theology of Comprehensive Agency.
Subject: Does the fact that everything has a cause imply that all events are causally determined? Drawing on discussions from the history of philosophy, this book captures the diverse dynamics found in physics, chemistry, biology, animal psychology, and rational action.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

1 Introduction to Metaphysics -- 2 The Ontology of Cause -- 3 The Cosmology of Complex Cause 6 Conclusion Works Cited -- 4 The Psychology of Conscious and Rational Agents -- 5 The Theology of Comprehensive Agency.

Does the fact that everything has a cause imply that all events are causally determined? Drawing on discussions from the history of philosophy, this book captures the diverse dynamics found in physics, chemistry, biology, animal psychology, and rational action.

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