Causality, Invariance, and Policy

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Cartwright, Nancy ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causation; Health; Invariance; Philosophical studies; Policy; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923290964     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195189254.003.0015     Document Type: Chapter

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