Making things happen [[electronic resource] ] : a theory of causal explanation / / James Woodward |
Autore | Woodward James <1946-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 p.) |
Disciplina | 122 |
Collana | Oxford studies in philosophy of science |
Soggetto topico |
Causation
Explanation Science - Philosophy |
ISBN |
0-19-988255-X
0-19-983508-X 0-19-803533-0 1-281-19721-1 9786611197216 1-4356-1999-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""1. Introduction and Preview""; ""2. Causation and Manipulation""; ""3. Interventions, Agency, and Counterfactuals""; ""4. Causal Explanation: Background and Criticism""; ""5. A Counterfactual Theory of Causal Explanation""; ""6. Invariance""; ""7. Causal Interpretation in Structural Models""; ""8. The Causal Mechanical and Unificationist Models of Explanation""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W"" |
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Making things happen [[electronic resource] ] : a theory of causal explanation / / James Woodward |
Autore | Woodward James <1946-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 p.) |
Disciplina | 122 |
Collana | Oxford studies in philosophy of science |
Soggetto topico |
Causation
Explanation Science - Philosophy |
ISBN |
0-19-988255-X
0-19-983508-X 0-19-803533-0 1-281-19721-1 9786611197216 1-4356-1999-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""1. Introduction and Preview""; ""2. Causation and Manipulation""; ""3. Interventions, Agency, and Counterfactuals""; ""4. Causal Explanation: Background and Criticism""; ""5. A Counterfactual Theory of Causal Explanation""; ""6. Invariance""; ""7. Causal Interpretation in Structural Models""; ""8. The Causal Mechanical and Unificationist Models of Explanation""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W"" |
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Naturalism, normativity & explanation / / Robert Audi |
Autore | Audi Robert <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kraków : , : Copernicus Center Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (173 p.) |
Disciplina | 121 |
Soggetto topico |
Naturalism
Normativity (Ethics) Explanation |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 83-7886-148-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface and Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Naturalism as a Philosophical and Scient; I. The Historical and Philosophical Cont; II. Scientific Naturalism; III. Ontological Pluralism; IV. Non-Reductive Naturalism; V. Realist and Anti-Realist Naturalisms; VI. Scientific Naturalism and Causal Clo; Chapter 2. The Nature of Normativity and the Projec; I. A Cross-Disciplinary Conception of No; II. Philosophical Motivation for Natural; III. Naturalization Projects in Ethics; IV. The Naturalization of Practical Reas; V. Moral Perception as a Natural Phenome
VI. Outline of a General Account of NormChapter 3. Moral Properties: Some Epistemological, ; I. Moral Properties and Their Normativit; II. The Non-Moral Grounds of the Moral: ; III. The Epistemology of Moral Propertie; IV. The Problem of Normative Defeasibili; V. Are Moral Properties Natural (or Natu; Chapter 4. The Theory of Action-Explanation: Some D; I. Targets of Explanation; II. Epistemological, Ontological, and Pr; III. Explanations Why; IV. Explanations of Human Behavior; V. The Problem of Mental Causation; VI. Causes, Causal Explainers, and Menta; Chapter 5. A Priori Explanation I. Framing the Issue: Preliminary ConsidII. A Priori Explanation, Proof, and The; III. A Priori Elements in Empirical Expl; IV. Explanation and Understanding; V. Explanation of Normative Propositions; VI. Explanatory Ultimacy and the Groundi; VII. Conclusion; References; Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Naturalism, normativity and explanation |
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Naturalism, normativity & explanation / / Robert Audi |
Autore | Audi Robert <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kraków : , : Copernicus Center Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (173 p.) |
Disciplina | 121 |
Soggetto topico |
Naturalism
Normativity (Ethics) Explanation |
ISBN | 83-7886-148-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface and Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Naturalism as a Philosophical and Scient; I. The Historical and Philosophical Cont; II. Scientific Naturalism; III. Ontological Pluralism; IV. Non-Reductive Naturalism; V. Realist and Anti-Realist Naturalisms; VI. Scientific Naturalism and Causal Clo; Chapter 2. The Nature of Normativity and the Projec; I. A Cross-Disciplinary Conception of No; II. Philosophical Motivation for Natural; III. Naturalization Projects in Ethics; IV. The Naturalization of Practical Reas; V. Moral Perception as a Natural Phenome
VI. Outline of a General Account of NormChapter 3. Moral Properties: Some Epistemological, ; I. Moral Properties and Their Normativit; II. The Non-Moral Grounds of the Moral: ; III. The Epistemology of Moral Propertie; IV. The Problem of Normative Defeasibili; V. Are Moral Properties Natural (or Natu; Chapter 4. The Theory of Action-Explanation: Some D; I. Targets of Explanation; II. Epistemological, Ontological, and Pr; III. Explanations Why; IV. Explanations of Human Behavior; V. The Problem of Mental Causation; VI. Causes, Causal Explainers, and Menta; Chapter 5. A Priori Explanation I. Framing the Issue: Preliminary ConsidII. A Priori Explanation, Proof, and The; III. A Priori Elements in Empirical Expl; IV. Explanation and Understanding; V. Explanation of Normative Propositions; VI. Explanatory Ultimacy and the Groundi; VII. Conclusion; References; Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Naturalism, normativity and explanation |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797203303321 |
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Kraków : , : Copernicus Center Press, , [2014] | ||
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Naturalism, normativity & explanation / / Robert Audi |
Autore | Audi Robert <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kraków : , : Copernicus Center Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (173 p.) |
Disciplina | 121 |
Soggetto topico |
Naturalism
Normativity (Ethics) Explanation |
ISBN | 83-7886-148-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface and Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Naturalism as a Philosophical and Scient; I. The Historical and Philosophical Cont; II. Scientific Naturalism; III. Ontological Pluralism; IV. Non-Reductive Naturalism; V. Realist and Anti-Realist Naturalisms; VI. Scientific Naturalism and Causal Clo; Chapter 2. The Nature of Normativity and the Projec; I. A Cross-Disciplinary Conception of No; II. Philosophical Motivation for Natural; III. Naturalization Projects in Ethics; IV. The Naturalization of Practical Reas; V. Moral Perception as a Natural Phenome
VI. Outline of a General Account of NormChapter 3. Moral Properties: Some Epistemological, ; I. Moral Properties and Their Normativit; II. The Non-Moral Grounds of the Moral: ; III. The Epistemology of Moral Propertie; IV. The Problem of Normative Defeasibili; V. Are Moral Properties Natural (or Natu; Chapter 4. The Theory of Action-Explanation: Some D; I. Targets of Explanation; II. Epistemological, Ontological, and Pr; III. Explanations Why; IV. Explanations of Human Behavior; V. The Problem of Mental Causation; VI. Causes, Causal Explainers, and Menta; Chapter 5. A Priori Explanation I. Framing the Issue: Preliminary ConsidII. A Priori Explanation, Proof, and The; III. A Priori Elements in Empirical Expl; IV. Explanation and Understanding; V. Explanation of Normative Propositions; VI. Explanatory Ultimacy and the Groundi; VII. Conclusion; References; Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Naturalism, normativity and explanation |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826095203321 |
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The nature of explanation / / Peter Achinstein |
Autore | Achinstein Peter |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1983 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (398 p.) |
Disciplina | 121 |
Soggetto topico | Explanation |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-43932-7
9786610439324 1-4237-5827-7 0-19-802076-7 1-60256-582-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Explaining; 3. What Is an Explanation?; 4. The Evaluation of Explanations; 5. Can There Be a Model of Scientific Explanation?; 6. The Causal Relation; 7. Causal Explanation; 8. Functional Explanation; 9. The Limits of Explanation; 10. Evidence and Explanation; 11. Evidence: Additional Topics; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458555903321 |
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New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1983 | ||
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The nature of explanation / / Peter Achinstein |
Autore | Achinstein Peter |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1983 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (398 p.) |
Disciplina | 121 |
Soggetto topico | Explanation |
ISBN |
1-280-43932-7
9786610439324 1-4237-5827-7 0-19-802076-7 1-60256-582-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Explaining; 3. What Is an Explanation?; 4. The Evaluation of Explanations; 5. Can There Be a Model of Scientific Explanation?; 6. The Causal Relation; 7. Causal Explanation; 8. Functional Explanation; 9. The Limits of Explanation; 10. Evidence and Explanation; 11. Evidence: Additional Topics; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784558503321 |
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New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1983 | ||
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The nature of explanation / / Peter Achinstein |
Autore | Achinstein Peter |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1983 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (398 p.) |
Disciplina | 121 |
Soggetto topico | Explanation |
ISBN |
1-280-43932-7
9786610439324 1-4237-5827-7 0-19-802076-7 1-60256-582-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Explaining; 3. What Is an Explanation?; 4. The Evaluation of Explanations; 5. Can There Be a Model of Scientific Explanation?; 6. The Causal Relation; 7. Causal Explanation; 8. Functional Explanation; 9. The Limits of Explanation; 10. Evidence and Explanation; 11. Evidence: Additional Topics; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W |
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Simplicity as evidence of truth [[electronic resource] /] / by Richard Swinburne |
Autore | Swinburne Richard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milwaukee, : Marquette University Press, c1997 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (79 p.) |
Disciplina | 121/.6 |
Collana | The Aquinas lecture |
Soggetto topico |
Explanation
Simplicity (Philosophy) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-87462-464-9
1-4237-3360-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450542703321 |
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Simplicity as evidence of truth [[electronic resource] /] / by Richard Swinburne |
Autore | Swinburne Richard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milwaukee, : Marquette University Press, c1997 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (79 p.) |
Disciplina | 121/.6 |
Collana | The Aquinas lecture |
Soggetto topico |
Explanation
Simplicity (Philosophy) |
ISBN |
0-87462-464-9
1-4237-3360-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782929303321 |
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