Methodology, ontology, and interventionism

Synthese

Volumn 192, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3577-3599

  Woodward, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal Claims and Hypothetical Experiments; Causation; interventionism; Methodology; Ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949537145     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-014-0479-1     Document Type: Article

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