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Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesaccount of explanation appeal argument associated assume assumptions background behavior capture causal claims causal explanation Causal Markov condition causal processes causal relationships causal structure ceteris paribus change the value chapter characterization connection consider contrast contributing cause correlation Coulomb's law counterfactual dependence criteria derivation described direct cause directed graph discussion distinct DN model effect equations example exceptionless experiment explanandum explanans explanatory import fact figure follows gravitational happen hence hold idea ideal gas law illustration independent interpretation interventions that change inverse square law involving judgments Kitcher law of nature least Lewis's lung cancer manipulability theory manipulationist account Maxwell's equations mechanism modular nomic nomothetic noncausal Nonetheless occur outcome paresis particular pattern philosophers physical plausible possible question range of interventions relevant represent require role sense short circuit singular-causal claims sort strategy Suppose syphilis true underlying variables vention w-questions Wesley Salmon References to this bookFrom Google ScholarCausal Learning Across DomainsLaura E Schulz, Alison Gopnik - 2004 - Developmental Psychology Mechanisms of theory formation in young childrenAlison Gopnik, Laura Schulz - 2004 - Trends in Cognitive Sciences Seeing Versus Doing: Two Modes of Accessing Causal KnowledgeMichael R Waldmann, York Hagmayer - 2005 - Learning, Memory Explanatory Generalizations, Part I: A Counterfactual AccountJames Woodward, Christopher Hitchcock - 2003 - Nous References from web pagesMaking Things Happen: A Theory of Causal Explanation Making Things Happen: A Theory of Causal Explanation by James ... INVARIANCE, EXPLANATION, AND UNDERSTANDING James Woodward, Making ... ingentaconnect James Woodward, Making Things Happen: A Theory of ... Oxford Scholarship Online: Making Things Happen Center for Philosophy of Science ::: visiting fellows woodward Sensitive and Insensitive Causation -- Woodward 115 (1): 1 ... introduction philosophica Tmecca : Making Things Happen: A Theory of Causal Explanation by ... Woodward James: Making Things Happen | ISBN: 9780195189537 ... Bibliographic information
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