TY - BOOK ID - 25399506 TI - Causal asymmetries PY - 2004 SN - 9780521622899 9780521052429 0521052424 0521622891 9780511663710 0511663714 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Logic KW - Philosophy of science KW - 122 KW - Causaliteit. Oorzakelijkheid. Principes. Causa efficiens. Voorwaarde. Werking. Aanleiding KW - -Causaliteit. Oorzakelijkheid. Principes. Causa efficiens. Voorwaarde. Werking. Aanleiding KW - 122 Causaliteit. Oorzakelijkheid. Principes. Causa efficiens. Voorwaarde. Werking. Aanleiding KW - Causation KW - Science KW - Causality KW - Cause and effect KW - Effect and cause KW - Final cause KW - Beginning KW - God KW - Metaphysics KW - Philosophy KW - Necessity (Philosophy) KW - Teleology KW - Normal science KW - Causation. KW - Philosophy. KW - CausaliteĢ KW - Sciences KW - Philosophie KW - Arts and Humanities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:25399506 AB - This 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. ER -