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Causal powers: what are they? why do we need them? what can be done with them and what cannot? (2007)
Book
Cartwright, N. (2007). Causal powers: what are they? why do we need them? what can be done with them and what cannot?. London School of Economics and Political Science

Hunting Causes and Using Them: Approaches in Philosophy and Economics. (2007)
Book
Cartwright, N. (2007). Hunting Causes and Using Them: Approaches in Philosophy and Economics. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511618758

Hunting Causes and Using Them argues that causation is not one thing, as commonly assumed, but many. There is a huge variety of causal relations, each with different characterizing features, different methods for discovery and different uses to which... Read More about Hunting Causes and Using Them: Approaches in Philosophy and Economics..