A Theory of Causation in the Social and Biological Sciences
Author:   A. Reutlinger
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
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9781137281036


Pages:   276
Publication Date:   18 March 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   A. Reutlinger
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.679kg
ISBN:  

9781137281036


ISBN 10:   1137281030
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   18 March 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements PART I: CAUSATION IN THE SPECIAL SCIENCES AND THE INTERVENTIONIST THEORY OF CAUSATION Causation in the Special Sciences The Interventionist Explication of Causation PART II: WHAT IS WRONG WITH INTERVENTIONIST THEORIES Counterfactuals: A Problem for Interventionists? Getting Rid of Interventions Non-Universal Laws Woodward Meets Russell: Does Causation Fit into the World of Physics? PART III: AN ALTERNATIVE THEORY OF CAUSATION IN SPECIAL SCIENCES In Defense of Conceptually Non-Reductive Explications of Causation The Comparative Variability Theory of Causation Consequences Bibliography Index

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I recommend the book to causation researchers. It has too much summary and review, but Reutlinger's own arguments, when they appear, deserve attention. (Bryce Gessell, Metascience, 2015)


I recommend the book to causation researchers. It has too much summary and review, but Reutlinger's own arguments, when they appear, deserve attention. (Bryce Gessell, Metascience, 2015)


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Alexander Reutlinger is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Cologne, Germany. His research is focussed on causation and laws in the social and biological sciences.

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