Causation and Laws of Nature

Max Kistler (1)

1 UPN - Université Paris Nanterre

This book is a modified version of "Causalité et lois de la nature", published in 1999. The question we shall try to answer is the following: Can we reconstruct the concept of causation that claims both objectivity and compatibility with a world view grounded in contemporary science? My strategy will be to answer this question in the affirmative by effecting a reconstruction of the concept of causation, articulating its presuppositions and testing its fecundity in the analysis of causal explanation, as it exists both in the sciences and in commonsense.

Mots clés: philosophy of science

Domaines: Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences

Max Kistler. Causation and Laws of Nature. Routledge, pp.264, 2006, Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy. ⟨halshs-00775706⟩