Six Short Papers on Causality

These essays concern the different kinds of causation and their respective explanatory functions. Each of the following topics is discussed, in a clear and precise manner:

• The relationship between causation and prediction
• The relationship between causation and explanation
• The relationship between prediction and explanation
• The nature of counterfactual truth
• The relationship between counterfactual conditionals and the corresponding past-tense indicatives
• The relationship between counterfactual conditionals and the corresponding future-tense indicatives
• Program causality and its explanatory virtues
• The different kinds of causes involved in the development of mental illness.
• Singular causation
• The nature of causal laws

These topics are analyzed clearly, incisively, and originally, by the world authority on the topic of causation. This book is a fascinating adventure, to be cherished and listened to over and over.