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A Theory of Causation in the Social and Biological Sciences

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  • © 2013

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  1. Alexander Reutlinger
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Causation in the Special Sciences and the Interventionist Theory of Causation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Causation in the Special Sciences

      • Alexander Reutlinger
      Pages 3-24

    3. The Interventionist Theory of Causation

      • Alexander Reutlinger
      Pages 25-70

  3. What is Wrong with Interventionist Theories

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Counterfactuals: A Problem for Interventionists?

      • Alexander Reutlinger
      Pages 73-103

    3. Getting Rid of Interventions

      • Alexander Reutlinger
      Pages 104-124

    4. Non-Universal Laws

      • Alexander Reutlinger
      Pages 125-145

    5. Woodward Meets Russell: Does Causation Fit into the World of Physics?

      • Alexander Reutlinger
      Pages 146-174

  4. An Alternative Theory of Causation in Special Sciences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
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    2. In Defence of Conceptually Non-Reductive Explications of Causation

      • Alexander Reutlinger
      Pages 177-198

    3. The Comparative Variability Theory of Causation

      • Alexander Reutlinger
      Pages 199-232

    4. Consequences

      • Alexander Reutlinger
      Pages 233-251

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 252-276
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This first full length treatment of interventionist theories of causation in the social sciences, the biological sciences and other higher-level sciences the presents original counter arguments to recent trends in the debate and serves as useful introduction to the subject.

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Alexander Reutlinger is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Cologne, Germany. His research is focussed on causation and laws in the social and biological sciences.

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