The Chances of Explanation

Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical, and Physical Sciences

Paul Humphreys (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

182 Seiten

2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-60582-1 (ISBN)

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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. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

*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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.7.2014
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Legacy Library
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	255 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
ISBN-10	0-691-60582-3 / 0691605823
ISBN-13	978-0-691-60582-1 / 9780691605821
Zustand	Neuware