Two types of typicality: Rethinking the role of statistical typicality in ordinary causal attributions

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 814-820

  Sytsma, Justin ^a   Livengood, Jonathan ^b   Rose, David ^c  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ordinary causal attributions; Prescriptive norms; Responsibility; Statistical norms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CAUSALITY; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIAL VALUES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84872489527     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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