In philosophy, there are big books and small books.
This spring, I am reading The Oxford Handbook of Causation.
It’s just arrived, and it’s a big book!
At 37 chapters and roughly 800 pages (approx. 22 pages per chapter), my short-term goals are simple: read two chapters each week, and write one blog post per chapter.
And my long-term goals?
First, to get a handle on the various theories of causation. Second, to critically select the theory which makes the most sense to me.
I expect this latter decision to be the hardest.