{"product_id":"causal-asymmetry-the-explanatory-zhiheng-tang-9781907962417","title":"Causal Asymmetry \u0026 the Explanatory Constraint","description":"Causation is an asymmetric relation - if C causes E, then E does not cause C. In this book it is argued that: 1) Two major theories of causation - the regularity theory and the counterfactual theory - cannot adequately account for causal asymmetry; 2) Causal asymmetry consists in the explanatory asymmetry between cause and effect; 3) Generally, the notion of causation is dependent on the notion of explanation; in other words, explanation sets a conceptual constraint on causation. In reaching these conclusions, issues about simultaneous causation, backwards causation and absence causation are discussed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zhiheng Tang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1907962417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781907962417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cranmore Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.52d","brand":"Zhiheng Tang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442625130751,"sku":"9781907962417","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c95d6cdb-546f-45c9-b5e3-c88e0b4592c1.jpg?v=1777198657","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/causal-asymmetry-the-explanatory-zhiheng-tang-9781907962417","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}