A theory of causation in the social and biological sciences

著者

    • Reutlinger, Alexander

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A theory of causation in the social and biological sciences

Alexander Reutlinger

Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This first full length treatment of interventionist theories of causation in the social sciences, the biological sciences and other higher-level sciences the presents original counter arguments to recent trends in the debate and serves as useful introduction to the subject.

目次

Acknowledgements PART I: CAUSATION IN THE SPECIAL SCIENCES AND THE INTERVENTIONIST THEORY OF CAUSATION Causation in the Special Sciences The Interventionist Explication of Causation PART II: WHAT IS WRONG WITH INTERVENTIONIST THEORIES Counterfactuals: A Problem for Interventionists? Getting Rid of Interventions Non-Universal Laws Woodward Meets Russell: Does Causation Fit into the World of Physics? PART III: AN ALTERNATIVE THEORY OF CAUSATION IN SPECIAL SCIENCES In Defense of Conceptually Non-Reductive Explications of Causation The Comparative Variability Theory of Causation Consequences Bibliography Index

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB12121590
  • ISBN
    • 9781137281036
  • LCCN
    2012047279
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Basingstoke
  • ページ数/冊数
    xii, 276 p.
  • 大きさ
    23 cm
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