D.H. Mellor - The Facts of Causation (International Library of Philosophy)

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The Facts of Causation

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International Library of Philosophy

EDITED BY TIM CRANE AND JONATHAN WOLFF

University College London

The history of the International Library of Philosophy can be traced back to the 1920s, when C.K.Ogden launched the series with G.E.Moores Philosophical Papers and soon after published Ludwig Wittgensteins Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Since its auspicious start, it has published the finest work in philosophy under the successive editorships of A.J.Ayer, Bernard Williams and Ted Honderich. Now jointly edited by Tim Crane and Jonathan Wolff, the ILP will continue to publish works at the forefront of philosophical research.

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D.H.MELLOR

London and New York

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First published 1995
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003.

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
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First published in paperback 1999

1995 D.H.Mellor

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
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Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data
Mellor, D.H.
The facts of causation/D.H.Mellor.
p. cm.(International library of philosophy)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Causation. I. Title. II. Series.
BD531.M39 1995 955708
122dc20 CIP

ISBN 0-203-03107-5 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-30268-0 (OEB Format)

ISBN 0-415-09779-7 (hbk)

ISBN 0-415-19756-2 (pbk)

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