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Humphreys The Chances of Explanation
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Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical, and Physical Sciences
E-Book, Englisch, 182 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6076-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
This book provides a post-positivist theory of deterministic and probabilistic causality that supports both quantitative and qualitative explanations. Features of particular interest include the ability to provide true explanations in contexts where our knowledge is incomplete, a systematic interpretation of causal modeling techniques in the social sciences, and a direct realist view of causal relations that is compatible with a liberal empiricism. The book should be of wide interest to both philosophers and scientists.
Originally published in 1989.
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Weitere Infos & Material
FrontMatter, pg. i
CONTENTS, pg. vii
PREFACE, pg. ix
CHAPTER ONE. Traditional Causation, pg. 3
CHAPTER TWO. Probabilistic Causation, pg. 22
CHAPTER THREE. Cause and Chance, pg. 61
CHAPTER FOUR. Scientific Explanations, pg. 98
APPENDIX ONE. Covariance Measures, pg. 143
APPENDIX TWO. Extension of the Basic Quantitative Theory, pg. 145
APPENDIX THREE. Transitivity and Negative Links, pg. 153
REFERENCES, pg. 158
INDEX, pg. 167
