Without cause and effect, there would be no science or technology, no moral responsibility, and no system of law. Causation is therefore the most fundamental connection in the universe and a core topic of philosophical thought. This Very Short Introduction introduces all of the main theories of causation and its key debates.
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This book, to me, felt neither very short nor as an introduction. A long and drivelling narrative primarily devoted to the ontological aspects of ‘cause', and insufficient (in my opinion) treatment of the computational and inferential aspects of causal models and systems make it a rather dry read to a non-philosopher.
