Causality and explanation

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Causality and explanation

Wesley C. Salmon

Oxford University Press, 1998

  • : cloth
  • : paper

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注記

Bibliography: p. 405-415

Includes index

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巻冊次

: cloth ISBN 9780195108637

内容説明

Renowned for his scholarly contributions to the philosophy of science, this volume brings together twenty-six of Salmon's essays on subjects related to causality and explanation, written over the period 1971-1995. Six of the essays have never been published before and many others have only appeared in obscure venues. It includes a section of introductory pieces, as well as more advanced and technical works.
巻冊次

: paper ISBN 9780195108644

内容説明

Wesley Salmon is renowned for his scholarly contributions to the philosophy of science. This unique volume brings together twenty-six of his essays on subjects related to causality and explanation, written over the period 1971-1995. Six of the essays have never been published before and many others have only appeared in obscure venues. It includes a section of introductory pieces, as well as more advanced and technical pieces.

目次

Introduction Introductory Essays 1: A New Look at Causality 2: Determinism and Indeterminism in Modern Science 3: Comets, Pollen, and Dreams: Some Reflections on Scientific Explanation 4: Scientific Explanation: Causation and Unification 5: The Importance of Scientific Understanding Scientific Explanation 6: A Third Dogma of Empiricism 7: Causal and Theoretical Explanation 8: Why Ask "Why?"? An Inquiry Concerning Scientific Explanation 9: Deductivism Visited and Revisited 10: Explanatory Asymmetry 11: Van Frassen On Explanation Causality 12: An "At-At" Theory of Causal Influence 13: Causal Propensities: Statistical Causality vs Aleatory Causality 14: Probabilistic Causality 15: Intuitions: Good and Not-So-Good 16: Causality without Counterfactuals 17: Indeterminacy, Indeterminism, and Quantum Mechanics Concise Overviews 18: Causality: Production and Propagation 19: Scientific Explanation: How We Got From There to Here 20: Scientific Explanation: Three Basic Conceptions Applications to Other Disciplines 21: Alternative Models of Scientific Explanation 22: Causality in Archaeological Explanation 23: Explanation in Archaeology: An Update 24: Formation of Why-Questions 25: Quasars, Causality and Geometry 26: Dreams of a Famous Physicist: An Apology for Philosophy of Science References Index

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