Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality by Huw Price

Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality by Huw Price

In philosophy as in ordinary life, cause and effect are twin pillars on which much of our thought seems based. But almost a century ago, Bertrand Russell declared that modern physics leaves these pillars without foundations. Russell's revolutionary conclusion was that 'the law of causality is a relic of a bygone age, surviving, like the monarchy, only because it is erroneously supposed to do no harm'. Russell's famous challenge remains unanswered. Despite dramatic advances in physics, the intervening century has taken us no closer to an explanation of how to find a place for causation in a world of the kind that physics reveals. In particular, we still have no satisfactory account of the directionality of causation - the difference between cause and effect, and the fact that causes typically precede their effects. In this important collection of new essays, 13 leading scholars revisit Russell's revolution, in search of reconciliation. The connecting theme in these essays is that to reconcile causation with physics, we need to put ourselves in the picture: we need to think about why creatures in our situation should present their world in causal terms.

first-rate essays by distinguished authors..This volume...deserves the attention of anyone with a serious interest in the nature of causation. * Daniel Hausman, Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics *

Price, Huw: - Huw Price is Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His publications include Facts and the Function of Truth (1988), Time's Arrow and Archimedes' Point (1996) and Naturalism without Mirrors (2011). He is co-editor (with Richard Corry) of Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality: Russell's Republic Revisited (2007).

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ISBN 13	9780199278183
ISBN 10	0199278180
Titel	Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality
Autor	Huw Price
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2007-02-22
Seitenanzahl	416
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