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100	1		_aFrisch, Mathias, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aCausal reasoning in physics / _cMathias Frisch.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (viii, 256 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aUsers, structures, and representation -- The human face of causation -- Causation and intervention -- The temporal asymmetry of causation -- Linear response theory -- The radiation asymmetry --'Entropy accounts' of causation -- Conclusion.
520			_aMuch has been written on the role of causal notions and causal reasoning in the so-called'special sciences' and in common sense. But does causal reasoning also play a role in physics? Mathias Frisch argues that, contrary to what influential philosophical arguments purport to show, the answer is yes. Time-asymmetric causal structures are as integral a part of the representational toolkit of physics as a theory's dynamical equations. Frisch develops his argument partly through a critique of anti-causal arguments and partly through a detailed examination of actual examples of causal notions in physics, including causal principles invoked in linear response theory and in representations of radiation phenomena. Offering a new perspective on the nature of scientific theories and causal reasoning, this book will be of interest to professional philosophers, graduate students, and anyone interested in the role of causal thinking in science.
650		0	_aCausality (Physics)
650		0	_aPhysics _xPhilosophy.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107031494
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139381772
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