Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World /

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The philosophical theory of scientific explanation proposed here involves a radically new treatment of causality that accords with the pervasively statistical character of contemporary science. Wesley C. Salmon describes three fundamental conceptions of scientific explanation--the epistemic, modal,...

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Autor principal: Salmon, Wesley C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Science > Methodology.
Science > Philosophy.
SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Aristotle.
Bohr, Niels.
Bromberger, Sylvain.
Compton scattering.
Davisson-Germer experiment.
Humean problems.
Jackson, Reggie.
King, John L.
Laplacian explanation.
action-by-contact.
aleatory explanation.
alpha radiation.
behaviorism.
bone, worked.
cancer.
carriage accident.
causal relation.
collective (von Mises).
contrast class.
disjunctive dilution.
effective calculability.
energeticism.
epidemiology.
expectation.
explanans-partition.
explanans.
first signal, light as.
forecast, reliable.
gambling system.
gravitational radiation.
high probability requirement.
homogeneity.
ignorance.
improbable event.
inferential version.
lambda-definability.
leukemia.
logical empiricism.
magnifying glass.
materialism.
microphysical entities.
microscope.
mononucleosis.
necessary connection.
nonrandomness.
operationism.
pair production/annihilation.
partial entailment.
plausibility.
presupposition.
psychotherapy.
quantum domain.
recursiveness.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Scientific Explanation: Three General Conceptions
  • Introduction
  • Explanation versus Description
  • Other Types of Explanation
  • Laplacian Explanation
  • Three Basic Conceptions
  • An Outline of Strategy
  • 2. Statistical Explanation and Its Models
  • Introduction
  • Inductive-Statistical Explanation
  • The Statistical-Relevance Approach
  • 3. Objective Homogeneity
  • Epistemic Relativization
  • Randomness
  • Homogeneity
  • Some Philosophical Applications
  • Some Philosophical Reflections
  • 4. The Three Conceptions Revisited
  • The Epistemic Conception
  • The Modal Conception
  • The Ontic Conception
  • How These Conceptions Answer a Fundamental Question
  • Conclusions
  • 5. Causal Connections
  • Basic Problems
  • Two Basic Concepts
  • Processes
  • The 'At-At' Theory of Causal Propagation
  • 6. Causal Forks and Common Causes
  • Conjunctive Forks
  • Interactive Forks
  • Relations between Conjunctive and Interactive Forks
  • Perfect Forks
  • The Causal Structure of the World
  • Concluding Remarks
  • 7. Probabilistic Causality
  • Introduction
  • The Sufficiency/Necessity View
  • Statistical Relevance and Probabilistic Causality
  • Causality and Positive Relevance
  • Causal Processes and Propensities
  • 8. Theoretical Explanation
  • Introduction
  • Causal Connections and Common Causes
  • Explanatory versus Inferential Principles
  • The Common Cause Principle and Molecular Reality
  • The Explanatory Power of Theories
  • Empiricism and Realism
  • 9. The Mechanical Philosophy
  • Logic versus Mechanisms
  • Explanation in Quantum Mechanics
  • Explanation and Understanding
  • The Causal/Mechanical Model
  • The Final Contrast
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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