| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 410 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Oxford studies in philosophy of science
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Oxford studies in philosophy of science.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-406) and index. |
| Contents |
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. Causal Mechanical and Unificationist Models of Explanation. |
| Summary |
Woodward's volume 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Causation.
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Causation. |
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Explanation.
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Explanation. |
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Science -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Oxford University Press.
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| ISBN |
9780198035336 (electronic book) |
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0198035330 (electronic book) |
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0195155270 0195155270 9780195155273 |
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9780195189537 |
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