The metaphysics within physics

New York: Oxford University Press (2007)
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A modest proposal concerning laws, counterfactuals, and explanations - - Why be Humean? -- Suggestions from physics for deep metaphysics -- On the passing of time -- Causation, counterfactuals, and the third factor -- The whole ball of wax -- Epilogue : a remark on the method of metaphysics.

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BD111.M46 2007

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0199218218   9780199575374   9780199218219   0199575371

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10.1093/analys/anp022
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