The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical, and Physical SciencesPaul Humphreys

Isis 82 (4):783-784 (1991)
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The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical, and Physical Sciences by Paul Humphreys. [REVIEW]E. Lowe - 1991 - Isis 82:783-784.
Preface.Paul Humphreys - 1993 - In Jim Woodward (ed.), The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical and Physical Sciences. Princeton University Press. pp. ix-2.
References.Paul Humphreys - 1993 - In Jim Woodward (ed.), The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical and Physical Sciences. Princeton University Press. pp. 158-166.
Index.Paul Humphreys - 1993 - In Jim Woodward (ed.), The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical and Physical Sciences. Princeton University Press. pp. 167-170.
Contents.Paul Humphreys - 1993 - In Jim Woodward (ed.), The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical and Physical Sciences. Princeton University Press.
Chapter three. Cause and chance.Paul Humphreys - 1993 - In Jim Woodward (ed.), The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical and Physical Sciences. Princeton University Press. pp. 61-97.
Appendix one. Covariance measures.Paul Humphreys - 1993 - In Jim Woodward (ed.), The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical and Physical Sciences. Princeton University Press. pp. 143-144.
Chapter one. Traditional causation.Paul Humphreys - 1993 - In Jim Woodward (ed.), The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical and Physical Sciences. Princeton University Press. pp. 3-21.
Chapter two. Probabilistic causation.Paul Humphreys - 1993 - In Jim Woodward (ed.), The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical and Physical Sciences. Princeton University Press. pp. 22-60.
The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical and Physical Sciences. [REVIEW]Jim Woodward - 1993 - Philosophy of Science 60 (4):659.
Chapter four. Scientific explanations.Paul Humphreys - 1993 - In Jim Woodward (ed.), The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical and Physical Sciences. Princeton University Press. pp. 98-142.
Appendix three. Transitivity and negative links.Paul Humphreys - 1993 - In Jim Woodward (ed.), The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical and Physical Sciences. Princeton University Press. pp. 153-157.
Appendix two. Extension of the basic quantitative theory.Paul Humphreys - 1993 - In Jim Woodward (ed.), The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical and Physical Sciences. Princeton University Press. pp. 145-152.
Book Reviews : Paul Humphreys, The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical, and Physical Sciences. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1989. Pp. x, 170, $29.50 (cloth. [REVIEW]Martin H. Krieger - 1993 - Philosophy of the Social Sciences 23 (2):252-253.
Book Reviews : Paul Humphreys, The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical, and Physical Sciences. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1989. Pp. x, 170, $29.50 (cloth. [REVIEW]Martin H. Krieger - 1993 - Philosophy of the Social Sciences 23 (2):252-253.

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