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6、.ToDavid.AGiuseppe.FOREWORDausalityhas,ofcourse,beenoneofthebasictopicsofphilosophysincetheCtimeofAristotle.Howeverduringthelasttwodecadesorso,interestincaus-alityhasbecomeveryintenseinthephilosophyofsciencecommunity,andagreatvarietyofnovelviewsonthesubjecthaveemergedandbeendeveloped.Thisisadmir
7、able,but,atthesametime,posesaproblemforanyonewhowantstounderstandrecentdevelopmentsinthephilosophyofcausality.Howcantheygettogripswiththiscomplicatedandoftenverytechnicalliterature?Fortunately,PartIIofthisbookprovidesthesolu
