The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical, and Physical Sciences

by Paul Humphreys

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691605823

ISBN13:9780691605821

Release Date:July 2014

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:182 Pages

Weight:0.58 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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