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The Effectiveness of Causes

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  • © 1984

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Authors:
  1. Dorothy Emmet

    1. University of Manchester, UK
      Oxford, UK
      Cambridge, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 1-5

  3. Causation in a Zeno Universe

    • Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 6-16

  4. Events and Non-events

    • Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 17-27

  5. Event Causation

    • Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 28-41

  6. Actions

    • Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 42-53

  7. Causes as Select Factors

    • Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 54-63

  8. Multiple Causes and the Multiplicity in ‘Cause’

    • Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 64-75

  9. Immanent and Transeunt Causation

    • Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 76-87

  10. Immanent Causation in Memory

    • Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 88-95

  11. Immanent Causation in Organisms and in Body-Mind

    • Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 96-110

  12. Efficacious Grace

    • Dorothy Emmet
    Pages 111-119

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 120-136
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Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Manchester, UK

    Dorothy Emmet

  • Oxford, UK

    Dorothy Emmet

  • Cambridge, UK

    Dorothy Emmet

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Effectiveness of Causes

  • Authors: Dorothy Emmet

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07165-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Dorothy Emmet 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-07167-8Published: 01 January 1984

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-07165-4Published: 18 June 1984

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 136

  • Topics: Metaphysics

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