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This first full length treatment of interventionist theories of causation in the social sciences, the biological sciences and other higher-level sciences the presents original counter arguments to recent trends in the debate and serves as useful introduction to the subject.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Causation in the Special Sciences and the Interventionist Theory of Causation
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What is Wrong with Interventionist Theories
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An Alternative Theory of Causation in Special Sciences
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Back Matter
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About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Theory of Causation in the Social and Biological Sciences
Authors: Alexander Reutlinger
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137281043
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-28103-6Published: 18 March 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-44799-2Published: 01 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-28104-3Published: 18 March 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 276
Topics: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Social Philosophy