Causality
Philosophical Theory meets Scientific Practice
Phyllis Illari and Federica Russo
Reviews and Awards
"Causality is a hot topic in philosophy of science. ... The book is tailored to pedagogical contexts, both for scientists less familiar with philosophy and philosophers less familiar with science, and supplies a multitude of terminological clarifications and distinctions... Highly recommended." --CHOICE
"[T]he book covers an impressively wide range of interrelated topics in the philosophy of causation and their application to the natural sciences, and with a prose highly readable, often entertaining, and sprinkled with interesting, relevant, and illustrative historical anecdotes. For those reasons alone, it is easy to recommend this book to interested colleagues in either discipline: a highly accessible and candid treatment of this complex topic which sacrifices neither breadth nor depth no doubt deserves the attention of both parties." --Metascience
"The book is an excellent resource, well written and referenced, and a sheer pleasure to read. The authors' two main goals are to offer an introduction to the philosophy of causality and to be highly accessible. They have clearly achieved both goals. I recommend the text to medical and epidemiology students, fellow epidemiologists, and physicians unfamiliar with the philosophy of causality." --Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
"This is a very useful book that contains no visible mathematics; however, the issue of causality both shrouds and underlies important issues in probability and statistics--issues which receive exemplary coverage in this volume. If you are active in the fields of probability and/or statistics, this is a very handy way to become aware of and examine the logical underpinnings of many of the things you do. It's an overview, but it is thorough. ... In short, Causality is a very useful tool." --MAA Reviews