The Nature of Causation

By Oxford University

We have causal theories of reference, perception, knowledge, content and numerous other things. If it were to turn out that causation doesn’t exist, we would be in serious trouble! Causation is so imp... more

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The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.

The Nature of Causation episodes:

June 09, 2016 Time and Causation
Both time and causation seems to have the same 'direction’ . Can we explain this? Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
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1h 31min
June 09, 2016 Mental Causation
We do what we do because we believe what we believe. Or do we? How does mental causation work? Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
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1h 34min
June 09, 2016 The necessary connection analysis of causation
The idea that there are real metaphysical necessities relating cause and effect. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
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1h 29min
June 09, 2016 The singularist theory of causation
The idea that causation is a relation science will one day discover. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
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1h 37min
June 09, 2016 The regularity theory of causation
Hume's famously influential account of causation Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
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1h 32min
June 09, 2016 The counterfactual theory of causation
The idea that event c causes event e if and only if had c not had occurred e would not have occurred either. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
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1h 36min
June 09, 2016 The regularity theory of causation
Hume's famously influential account of causation Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
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1h 32min
June 09, 2016 Mental Causation
We do what we do because we believe what we believe. Or do we? How does mental causation work? Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
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1h 34min
June 09, 2016 Time and Causation
Both time and causation seems to have the same 'direction’ . Can we explain this? Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
...more
1h 31min
June 09, 2016 The singularist theory of causation
The idea that causation is a relation science will one day discover. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
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1h 37min

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How many episodes does The Nature of Causation have?

The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.

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