This provocative book refurbishes the traditional account of freedom of will as reasons-guided "agent" causation, situating its account within a general metaphy

In most academic and non-academic circles throughout history, the world and its operation have been viewed in terms of cause and effect. The principles of causa

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A Turing Award-winning computer scientist and statistician shows how understanding causality has revolutionized science and will revolutionize artificial intell

Are the reasons for which we act the causes of our actions? In the nine essays collected here (including a major historical overview by the editors), experts in