Still, Hume had a point: Rarely in the history of philosophy had so seminal a book raised so few eyebrows. This was in part due to the fact that the Treatise reflects the spirit of the Enlightenment.

Reading this book as a philosopher, I find there is much to be gratified by. Pearl has read and appreciated philosophical discussions of causation and counterfactuals. The book cites David Hume and ...

CAMDEN — The Rutgers–Camden Institute for Law and Philosophy will host a symposium on Michael S. Moore’s book Causation and Responsibility (Oxford, 2009) on Friday, Aug. 27.The conference ...