Causation in the sciences: An inferentialist account

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 769-777

  Reiss, Julian ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomedical sciences; Causation; Evidence; Inference; Objectivity; Social sciences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICINE; METAPHYSICS; SEMANTICS; SOCIOLOGY;

CAUSALITY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICINE; METAPHYSICS; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84872485546     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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