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Making things happen a theory of causal explanation / James Woodward.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2003.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 410 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780198035336
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BD541 .M355 2003
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Introduction and Preview -- Causation and Manipulation -- Interventions, Agency, and Counterfactuals -- Causal Explanation: Background and Criticism -- A Counterfactual Theory of Causal Explanation -- Invariance -- Causal Interpretation in Structural Models -- The 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.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction and Preview -- Causation and Manipulation -- Interventions, Agency, and Counterfactuals -- Causal Explanation: Background and Criticism -- A Counterfactual Theory of Causal Explanation -- Invariance -- Causal Interpretation in Structural Models -- The Causal Mechanical and Unificationist Models of Explanation.

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.

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