Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics

摘要

The volume under review collects the papers given at a 2011 conference, held in Taiwan, on philosophical issues arising in economics and biology. The focus on economics and biology is a welcome change from the usual practice in philosophical investigations, which is to base discussions of causation on the physical sciences or analysis of household appliances. The editors explain that they focus on economics and biology because these are fertile fields that involve new and significant philosophical issues.