Determinism and the method of difference

Theoria-Revista De Teoria Historia Y Fundamentos De La Ciencia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-176

  Hofmann, Urs ^b   Baumgartner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Causal discovery; Causal reasoning; Deterministic causation; Interventionism; Method of difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960142792     PISSN: 04954548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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