Helen Beebee is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Manchester, UK.

Causation is one of the most important and enduring topics in philosophy, going back to Aristotle. In this important book, Helen Beebee covers all the major debates and issues in the philosophy of causation.

1. Hume's Targets 2. A Priori Reasoning and the Genesis of Knowledge 3. Causal Reasoning and the Genesis of Belief 4. The Idea of Necessary Connection 5. The Traditional Interpretation 6. Projectivism 7. Sceptical Realism