{"product_id":"causal-asymmetry-the-explanatory-constraint-9781907962417","title":"Causal Asymmetry \u0026 the Explanatory Constraint","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Zhiheng Tang\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cranmore Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cranmore Publications\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Metaphysics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCausation 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cranmore Publications","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47579706917015,"sku":"9781907962417","price":1548.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781907962417.webp?v=1774910168","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/causal-asymmetry-the-explanatory-constraint-9781907962417","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}