Making Things Happen: A Theory Of Causal Explanation

Constructs a comprehensive account of causation explanation that applies to a variety of causal and explanatory claims in different areas of science and everyday life. This book weaves together examples, counterexamples, criticisms, defences, and objections.

• | By (Author): James (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology) Woodward
• | Series: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• | Publication Date: Sep 29, 2005
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 432 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0007233485
• | ISBN-13: 9780195189537