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Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality - Russell's Republic Revisited (Paperback)
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Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality - Russell's Republic Revisited (Paperback)
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In philosophy as in ordinary life, cause and effect are twin
pillars on which much of our thought seems based. But almost a
century ago, Bertrand Russell declared that modern physics leaves
these pillars without foundations. Russell's revolutionary
conclusion was that 'the law of causality is a relic of a bygone
age, surviving, like the monarchy, only because it is erroneously
supposed to do no harm'. Russell's famous challenge remains
unanswered. Despite dramatic advances in physics, the intervening
century has taken us no closer to an explanation of how to find a
place for causation in a world of the kind that physics reveals. In
particular, we still have no satisfactory account of the
directionality of causation - the difference between cause and
effect, and the fact that causes typically precede their effects.
In this important collection of new essays, 13 leading scholars
revisit Russell's revolution, in search of reconciliation. The
connecting theme in these essays is that to reconcile causation
with physics, we need to put ourselves in the picture: we need to
think about why creatures in our situation should present their
world in causal terms.
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