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Nancy's Bookshelf

Each week host Nancy Wiegman talks to local, regional and national writers about their latest projects. Nancy's Bookshelf airs Fridays at 10 a.m.

Ric Machuga & Pam Houston

North State Public Radio | By Nancy Wiegman

Published April 17, 2015 at 10:30 AM PDT

Ric Machuga teaches philosophy at Butte College. In this his latest book, he suggests we replace three bad ideas: mechanism, universal quantification and mono-causation with three good ideas: not all causes are mechanistic, all quantities are ultimately qualities, and full understanding requires dual-causation.

Author Pam Houston teaches at UC Davis was invited to Butte College for its WordSpring Creative Writing Conference. She calls her latest book of 144 vignettes fiction, but they are based on her own travels around the world.