The Nature of Causation by Marianne Talbot at the University of Oxford

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source: Philosophical Overdose      2016年12月18日
Marianne Talbot gives a series of 6 talks at Oxford exploring causation and some of the philosophical issues surrounding it.
Causation is an important concept that we all use in ordinary, everyday life, as well as in science. Causation is so important in fact that it has been said that: “With regard to our total conceptual apparatus, causation is the centre of the centre”, and it has been called called ‘the cement of the universe’. But what exactly is causation? In these lectures, the most influential theories of causation are introduced, as well as the motivations for them, the arguments behind them, and the problems they face. This series is from the University of Oxford -- Creative Commons. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

The Nature of Causation: Hume & the Regularity Theory 1:32:01 This talk explores the regularity theory of causation, first articulated by David Hume, based on his empiricist conception of knowledge...
The Counterfactual Theory of Causation 1:35:39
Hume & the Necessary Connection Analysis of Causation 1:28:55
The Singularist Theory of Causation 1:37:10
Time and Causation 1:30:38
Mental Causation 1:33:36