The Chances of Explanation: Causal Explanation in the Social, Medical and Physical Sciences [Book Review]

Philosophy of Science 60 (4):659 (1993)
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Appendix one. Covariance measures.Paul Humphreys
Appendix two. Extension of the basic quantitative theory.Paul Humphreys
Appendix three. Transitivity and negative links.Paul Humphreys
Contents.Paul Humphreys
Chapter four. Scientific explanations.Paul Humphreys
Chapter one. Traditional causation.Paul Humphreys
Chapter three. Cause and chance.Paul Humphreys
Chapter two. Probabilistic causation.Paul Humphreys
Index.Paul Humphreys
Preface.Paul Humphreys
References.Paul Humphreys

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