Causation with a human face normative theory and descriptive psychology /
The past few decades have seen an explosion of research on causal reasoning in philosophy, computer science, and statistics, as well as descriptive research in psychology about how people reason about causes. 'Causation with a Human Face' integrates these lines of research and argues for a...
| Main Author: | Woodward, James F. 1946- |
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| Other Authors: | Oxford Scholarship Online. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2021.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (424 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). |
| Series: |
Oxford studies in philosophy of science.
Oxford scholarship online. |
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| Summary: |
The past few decades have seen an explosion of research on causal reasoning in philosophy, computer science, and statistics, as well as descriptive research in psychology about how people reason about causes. 'Causation with a Human Face' integrates these lines of research and argues for an understanding of how each can inform the other: normative ideas can suggest interesting experiments, while descriptive results can suggest important normative concepts. Woodward's overall framework builds on an interventionist treatment of causation, and discusses proposals about the role of invariant or stable relationships in successful causal reasoning and the notion of proportionality. He argues that these normative ideas are reflected in the causal judgments that people actually make as a descriptive matter. |
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| Item Description: |
Also issued in print: 2021. Includes bibliographical references and index. The past few decades have seen an explosion of research on causal reasoning in philosophy, computer science, and statistics, as well as descriptive research in psychology about how people reason about causes. 'Causation with a Human Face' integrates these lines of research and argues for an understanding of how each can inform the other: normative ideas can suggest interesting experiments, while descriptive results can suggest important normative concepts. Woodward's overall framework builds on an interventionist treatment of causation, and discusses proposals about the role of invariant or stable relationships in successful causal reasoning and the notion of proportionality. He argues that these normative ideas are reflected in the causal judgments that people actually make as a descriptive matter. Specialized. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (424 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). |
| Audience: |
Specialized. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780197585443 (ebook) : |