Making Things Happen
A Theory of Causal Explanation
Seiten
2005
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
9780195189537 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
9780195189537 (ISBN)
Constructs a comprehensive account of causation explanation that applies to a variety of causal and explanatory claims in different areas of science and everyday life. This book weaves together examples, counterexamples, criticisms, defences, and objections.
Woodward's long awaited book is an attempt to construct a comprehensive account of causation explanation that applies to a wide variety of causal and explanatory claims in different areas of science and everyday life. The book engages some of the relevant literature from other disciplines, as Woodward weaves together examples, counterexamples, criticisms, defenses, objections, and replies into a convincing defense of the core of his theory, which is that we can analyze causation by appeal to the notion of manipulation.
Woodward's long awaited book is an attempt to construct a comprehensive account of causation explanation that applies to a wide variety of causal and explanatory claims in different areas of science and everyday life. The book engages some of the relevant literature from other disciplines, as Woodward weaves together examples, counterexamples, criticisms, defenses, objections, and replies into a convincing defense of the core of his theory, which is that we can analyze causation by appeal to the notion of manipulation.
James Woodward is the author of a number of articles in the philosophy of science. He has taught at the California Institute of Technology since 1983 where he is presently the J.O. and Juliette Koepfli Professor of Humanities.
1: Introduction and Preview
2: Causation and Manipulation
3: Interventions, Agency, and Counterfactuals
4: Causal Explanation: Background and Criticism
5: A Counterfactual Theory of Causal Explanation
6: Invariance
7: Causal Interpretation in Structural Models
8: The Causal Mechanical and Unificationist Models of Explanation
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.10.2005 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 612 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-13 | 9780195189537 / 9780195189537 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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