Causation and contrast classes

Philosophical Studies

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-123

  Northcott, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal judgment; Causation; Context; Contrast classes; Uniformity

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549157190     PISSN: 00318116     EISSN: 15730883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-007-9105-0     Document Type: Article

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