Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Stephen Mumford and Rani Lill Anjum, Causation ** 1/2

I like Oxford's Very Short Introduction series for the way that they present the basic research topics in a subject area concisely and entertainingly. I've been impressed by the clarity of many of them, even in subjects I know well enough not to need an introduction.

Causation introduces the fundamental questions about the nature of cause and effect, but in a way that makes them feel academic (in the sense of not being relevant for anyone but professors). It presents arguments for the various points of view, but not very clearly.

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