Hunting Causes and Using Them
Autor Nancy Cartwrighten Limba Engleză Paperback – dec 2010
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780521677981
ISBN-10: 052167798X
Pagini: 282
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 052167798X
Pagini: 282
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Introduction; Part I. Plurality in Causality: 1. Preamble; 2. Causation: one word, many things; 3. Causes: warranting them and using them; 4. Where is the theory in our 'theories' of causality?; Part II. Case Studies: Bayes-nets and Invariance Theories: 5. Preamble; 6. What is wrong with Bayes-nets?; 7. Modularity: it can - and generally does - fail; 8. Against modularity, the causal Markov condition and any link between the two: comments on Hausman and Woodward; 9. From metaphysics to method: comments on manipulability and the causal Markov condition; 10. Two theorems on invariance and causality; Part III. Causal Theories in Economics: 11. Preamble; 12. Probabilities and experiments; 13. How to get causes from probabilities: Cartwright on Simon on causation; 14. The merger of cause and strategy: Hoover on Simon on causation; 15. The vanity of rigour in economics: theoretical models and Galilean experiments; 16. Counterfactuals in economics: a commentary.
Descriere
Nancy Cartwright provides a critical survey of philosophical and economic literature on causality.