The Chances of Explanation : : Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical, and Physical Sciences / / Paul Humphreys.
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 interpre...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1989 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (182 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER ONE. Traditional Causation
- CHAPTER TWO. Probabilistic Causation
- CHAPTER THREE. Cause and Chance
- CHAPTER FOUR. Scientific Explanations
- APPENDIX ONE. Covariance Measures
- APPENDIX TWO. Extension of the Basic Quantitative Theory
- APPENDIX THREE. Transitivity and Negative Links
- REFERENCES
- INDEX