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5Causation and the sciencesIn Steven French & Juha Saatsi (eds.), Continuum Companion to the Philosophy of Science, Continuum. pp. 96--119. 2011.
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15Causation and preemptionIn Peter Clark & Katherine Hawley (eds.), Philosophy of science today, Oxford University Press. 2003.
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1Review of Wesley C. salmon, Phil Dowe (ed.), Merrilee H. salmon (ed.), Reality and Rationality (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2007 (1). 2007.
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7How to set a surprise examMind 108 (432): 647-703. 1999.The professor announces a surprise exam for the upcoming week; her clever student purports to demonstrate by reductio that she cannot possibly give such an exam. Diagnosing his puzzling argument reveals a deeper puzzle: Is the student justified in believing the announcement? It would seem so, particularly if the upcoming 'week' is long enough. On the other hand, a plausible principle states that if, at the outset, the student is justified in believing some proposition, then he is also justified …Read more
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5Philosophy of causation: Blind alleys exposed; promising directions highlightedPhilosophy Compass 1 (1). 2006.Contemporary philosophical work on causation is a tangled mess of disparate aims, approaches, and accounts. Best to cut through it by means of ruthless but, hopefully, sensible judgments. The ones that follow are designed to sketch the most fruitful avenues for future work.
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9Review. The quantum challenge. G Greenstein, AG ZajoncBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science 50 (2): 313-315. 1999.
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