The cement of the universe : a study of causation / J.L. Mackie ; with new preface, additional notes and additional bibliography.

Mackie makes a careful study of several philosophical issues involved in his account of causation. He follows Hume's distinction between causation as a concept and causation as it is 'in the objects' and attempts to provide an account of both aspects.

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Main Author: Mackie, J. L. (John Leslie)
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1980.
Series:Clarendon library of logic and philosophy.
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Summary:Mackie makes a careful study of several philosophical issues involved in his account of causation. He follows Hume's distinction between causation as a concept and causation as it is 'in the objects' and attempts to provide an account of both aspects.
Item Description:Originally published: 1974.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 329 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-326) and index.
ISBN:0198246420
9780198246428
9780191597954
0191597953
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.