Causation

This book provides clear, concise answers to the following questions:

*What is it for one event to cause another?
*Under what conditions are causal claims warranted?
*What are the different kinds of causation?
*Does knowledge of physical law presuppose knowledge of instances of causation, or is it the other way around?
*What is the relationship between counterfactual knowledge and causal knowledge?
*Is it true, as it is so often alleged to be, that discovery and justification are categorically distinct?
*What are the merits, if any, of Hume's analysis of causation?
*What is the solution to the Raven Paradox?
*What is the difference between statistical and explanatory probability?
*What is probabilistic causation and why must its existence be granted?