Causality In Crisis?

Statistical Methods & Search for Causal Knowledge in Social Sciences
Herausgeber: McKim, Vaughn; Turner, Stephen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

These essays critically reassess the widely accepted view that statistical methods of analysis can, and do, yield causal understanding of social phenomena. They emphasize the historical, philosophical and conceptual perspectives that underlie and inform current methodological controversies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9780268008246
• ISBN-10: 0268008248
• Artikelnr.: 54376162

Autorenporträt

Vaughn R. McKim is Emeritus Associate Professor of Philosophy and The Graduate Program in History and Philosophy of Science, and was the Acting Director of the Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at the University of Notre Dame. Stephen P. Turner is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida.