The why of things causality in science, medicine, and life
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New York :
Columbia University Press
2013
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991003864049708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Historical overview: the four approaches to causality
- The three-facet model: an overview
- The answer is either "no" or "yes": causality as a categorical concept
- Probabilities, odds, and risks: predispositions and provocations as causes
- A third model of causality: the emergent, nonlinear approach
- Empirical: the physical sciences
- Empirical: the biological sciences
- Empirical: epidemiology
- Narrative truth: the empathic method
- Cause in the ecclesiastic tradition
- Seeking the why of things: the model applied.
