Causes of causes

Philosophical Studies

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 457-476

  Broadbent, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Causal selection; Causation; Counterfactual; Difference making; Transitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863313518     PISSN: 00318116     EISSN: 15730883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-010-9683-0     Document Type: Article

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