1. Some Basic Questions about Causation
2. Thinking about Causation: A Selective History
3. Causes, Regularities and Laws
4. Causation, Probability and Chance
5. Causation and Counterfactuals
6. Models and Interventions
7. Causal Processes and Mechanisms
8. Causes, Purposes and Agency
9. Finding Causes
10. Choosing Causes
Biography
Stuart Glennan is the Harry Ice Professor of Philosophy at Butler University. He has published widely on causation and explanation in philosophy of science, and is the author of The New Mechanical Philosophy (2017) and co-editor with Phyllis Illari of the Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy (2018).
“Causality is arguably the glue that binds together what happens in the world. At the same time, the concept itself has been debated for centuries. This book provides a great introduction to causality, with emphasis on current debates and applications to various fields of research.” —Olaf Dekkers, Leiden University, The Netherlands
