The revival of causality

Mario Bunge

pp. 133-155

in: Guttorm Fløistad (ed), La philosophie contemporaine / Contemporary philosophy, Berlin, Springer, 1982

Abstract

the ontological problem of causation, i.e. what is causation: what are the relata of the causal relation (things, properties, states, events, mental objects); what are the characteristics of the causal nexus; to what extent is the nexus real; are there causal laws; how do causation and randomness intertwine, etc.;