Hume and the Problem of Causation

Hume and

the Problem of Causation

TOM L. BEAUCHAMP

ALEXANDER ROSENBERG

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New York Oxford

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1981 by Oxford University Press, Inc.

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Stephen F. Barker

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Beauchamp, Tom L Hume and the problem of causation. Includes index. Hume, David. 1711-1776. ll. Causation. I. Rosenberg, Alexander, 1946joint author. II. Title. BI499.C!l8B4 Illll 80-10159 ISBN 0'19-5110l1!16-8 1.

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Preface

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