The Effectiveness of Causes

Macmill (1984)
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1 Introduction When we ask why something happens or has happened, from earthquakes to car accidents or urban riots, we ask for its cause or causes. ' Cause' comes into practical life, into the experimental sciences, and, perhaps more ...

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original Emmet, Dorothy (1985) "The Effectiveness of Causes". State University of New York Press

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