A Primer to Causal Reasoning About a Complex World
This open access book is about causal thinking and the use of causal language, with a focus on introducing philosophical ideas about causation to students and researchers of Social-Ecological Systems (SES). It takes a systematic approach to three central topics: the meanings of different causal expr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Springer Nature Switzerland
2024.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024. |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009841234306719 |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Causation in Social-Ecological Systems
- Part I: Semantics of causal expressions
- Chapter 2. Causal Talk Permeates Ordinary Language
- Chapter 3. Causal Talk is Fundamental
- Chapter 4. Causation, Counterfactual Dependence and Potential Outcomes
- Part II: Causation in Science
- Chapter 5. Causal Relations and Causal Relata in Science
- Chapter 6. Causation, Laws and Regularities
- Chapter 7. Inferences from Statistics to Causation
- Chapter 8. Causal Explanations
- Part III: Causation in Complex SES
- Chapter 9. Causation in Social-Ecological Systems Research
- Part IV: Appendices
- A How Does a Theory Relate to Reality?
- B Models
- C. Confidence Intervals and Correlations.
