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Philosophy of Epidemiology

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Alex Broadbent

    1. University of Johannesburg, South Africa

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Part of the book series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science (NDPS)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Why Philosophy of Epidemiology?

    • Alex Broadbent
    Pages 1-9

  3. Philosophical and Epidemiological Basics

    • Alex Broadbent
    Pages 10-25

  4. The Causal Interpretation Problem

    • Alex Broadbent
    Pages 26-55

  5. Causal Inference, Translation, and Stability

    • Alex Broadbent
    Pages 56-65

  6. Stable Causal Inference

    • Alex Broadbent
    Pages 66-80

  7. Prediction

    • Alex Broadbent
    Pages 81-98

  8. Making and Assessing Epidemiological Predictions

    • Alex Broadbent
    Pages 99-114

  9. Puzzles of Attributability

    • Alex Broadbent
    Pages 115-128

  10. Risk Relativism, Interaction, and the Shadow of Physics

    • Alex Broadbent
    Pages 129-144

  11. Multifactorialism and Beyond

    • Alex Broadbent
    Pages 145-161

  12. Epidemiology and the Law

    • Alex Broadbent
    Pages 162-181

  13. Conclusion: Thinking Is Good for You

    • Alex Broadbent
    Pages 182-182

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 183-203
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Epidemiology is one of the fastest growing and increasingly important sciences. This thorough analysis lays out the conceptual foundations of epidemiology, identifying traps and setting out the benefits of properly understanding this fascinating and important discipline, as well as providing the means to do so.

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  • University of Johannesburg, South Africa

    Alex Broadbent

About the author

Alex Broadbent is an Associate Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Formerly he lectured and studied at the University of Cambridge. He is devoted to bringing philosophical reasoning to bear on practical problems, and has published in philosophy, epidemiology and legal theory journals.

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