Causality and explanation
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Causality and explanation
Oxford University Press, 1998
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- : paper
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注記
Bibliography: p. 405-415
Includes index
内容説明・目次
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: 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.
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: 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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