Making things happen a theory of causal explanation

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 W...

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Päätekijä: Woodward, James
Muut tekijät: James Woodward
Kieli:Undetermined
English
Julkaistu: New York Oxford University Press 2003
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Yhteenveto: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
Ulkoasu:vi, 410 p.
25 cm
ISBN:0195155270
9780195155273