Causal Pluralism in the Life Sciences

Kolja Ehrenstein studied biology and philosophy at the University of Münster, passing the First Teacher State Examination in 2008. He was then employed as a trainee teacher and received his teaching license for biology and philosophy in 2011 (Second Teacher State Examination), after which he worked as research assistant at the University of Cologne and as a teacher at various gymnasium schools.

• Chapter 1 Conceptual Pluralism.- Chapter 2 Theories of Causation.- Chapter 3 Recognising Pluralism and Arity Pluralism.- Chapter 4 The Concepts of Ultimate and Proximate Cause.- Chapter 5 Permissive and Instructive Causes.- Chapter 6 Distinctions Between Production and Dependence.- Chapter 7 Omissions and Conceptual Distinctions of Causal Concepts.- Chapter 8 Epilogue.- Index.