LEADER 03848nam 2200685 450 001 9910787311703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-53545-7 024 7 $a10.7312/rabi16472 035 $a(CKB)2670000000396630 035 $a(EBL)1103422 035 $a(OCoLC)854970026 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000955536 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11589963 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000955536 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10953890 035 $a(PQKB)10145057 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000129982 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1103422 035 $a(DE-B1597)459241 035 $a(OCoLC)858900006 035 $a(OCoLC)979967727 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231535458 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1103422 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10976043 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL562512 035 $a(PPN)233902368 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000396630 100 $a20141121h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe why of things $ecausality in science, medicine, and life /$fPeter V. Rabins ; jacket design, Marc J. Cohen 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-16473-4 311 $a0-231-16472-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Historical Overview: The Four Approaches to Causality -- $t2. The Three-Facet Model: An Overview -- $t3. The Answer Is Either "No" Or "Yes": Causality as a Categorical Concept -- $t4. Probabilities, Odds, and Risks: Predispositions and Provocations as Causes -- $t5. A Third Model of Causality: The Emergent, Nonlinear Approach -- $t6. Empirical: The Physical Sciences -- $t7. Empirical: The Biological Sciences -- $t8. Empirical: Epidemiology -- $t9. Narrative Truth: The Empathic Method -- $t10. Cause in the Ecclesiastic Tradition -- $t11. Seeking the Why of Things: The Model Applied -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aWhy was there a meltdown at the Fukushima power plant? Why do some people get cancer and not others? Why is global warming happening? Why does one person get depressed in the face of life's vicissitudes while another finds resilience? Questions like these-questions of causality-form the basis of modern scientific inquiry, posing profound intellectual and methodological challenges for researchers in the physical, natural, biomedical, and social sciences. In this groundbreaking book, noted psychiatrist and author Peter Rabins offers a conceptual framework for analyzing daunting questions of causality. Navigating a lively intellectual voyage between the shoals of strict reductionism and relativism, Rabins maps a three-facet model of causality and applies it to a variety of questions in science, medicine, economics, and more. Throughout this book, Rabins situates his argument within relevant scientific contexts, such as quantum mechanics, cybernetics, chaos theory, and epigenetics. A renowned communicator of complex concepts and scientific ideas, Rabins helps readers stretch their minds beyond the realm of popular literary tipping points, blinks, and freakonomic explanations of the world. 606 $aCausation 606 $aScience$xPhilosophy 606 $aLife sciences$xPhilosophy 615 0$aCausation. 615 0$aScience$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aLife sciences$xPhilosophy. 676 $a122 700 $aRabins$b Peter V.$0948983 702 $aCohen$b Marc J. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787311703321 996 $aThe why of things$93739652 997 $aUNINA