Nature's capacities and their measurement /

This book on the philosophy of science argues for an empiricism, opposed to the tradition of David Hume, in which singular rather than general causal claims are primary.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Cartwright, Nancy
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1989.
Sujets:
Causality (Physics)
Probabilities.
Physics > Philosophy.
Quantum theory.
Econometrics.
Probability
Quantum Theory
Causalité (Physique)
Probabilités.
Physique > Philosophie.
Théorie quantique.
Économétrie.
probability.
Econometrics
Physics > Philosophy
Probabilities
Quantum theory
Causaliteit.
Causalité (physique)
Physics > Causation
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • 1. How to Get Causes from Probabilities
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Determining Causal Structure
  • 1.3. Inus Conditions
  • 1.4. Causes and Probabilities in Linear Models
  • 1.5. Conclusion
  • Appendix: Back Paths and the Identification of Causes
  • 2. No Causes In, No Causes Out
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Causes at Work in Mathematical Physics
  • 2.3. New Knowledge Requires Old Knowledge
  • 2.4. How Causal Reasoning Succeeds
  • 2.5. Discovering Causal Structure: Can the Hypothetico-Deductive Method Work?
  • 2.6. Conclusion
  • 3. Singular Causes First.
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Where Singular Causes Enter
  • 3.3. When Causes Are Probabilistic
  • 3.4. More in Favour of Singular Causes
  • 3.5. Singular Causes In, Singular Causes Out
  • 3.6. Conclusion
  • 4. Capacities
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Why Should Increases in Probability Recur?
  • 4.3. Forecasting and the Stability of Capacities
  • 4.4. Beyond Modality
  • 4.5. Mill in Defence of Capacities
  • 4.6. Conclusion
  • 5. Abstract and Concrete
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Idealization and the Need for Capacities
  • 5.3. Abstractions versus Symbolic Representations.
  • 5.4. What do Abstract Laws Say?
  • 5.5. Concreteness and Causal Structure
  • 5.6. Conclusion
  • 6. What Econometrics Can Teach Quantum Physics: Causality and the Bell Inequality
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Bell's Inequality
  • 6.3. A General Common-Cause Criterion for the EPR Experiment
  • 6.4. Quantum Realism and the Factorizability Condition
  • 6.5. A Common-Cause Model for EPR
  • 6.6. Quantum Mechanics and its Causal Structure
  • 6.7. Factorizability and the Propagation of Causes
  • 6.8. Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • I.A More General Common-Cause Model for EPR.
  • II. Do Quantum Causes Propagate?
  • III. Propagation, Effect-Locality, and Completeness: A Comparison
  • Index
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