UID:
almafu_9959232742502883
Format:
1 online resource (419 p.)
ISBN:
0-19-988255-X
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0-19-983508-X
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0-19-803533-0
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1-281-19721-1
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9786611197216
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1-4356-1999-4
Series Statement:
Oxford studies in philosophy of science
Content:
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.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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""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. The Causal Mechanical and Unificationist Models of Explanation""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-518953-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-515527-0
Language:
English
