A Theory of Causation in the Social and Biological Sciences
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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 rec
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Structural counterfactuals differentiate causal from noncausal relations without having to invoke reference to universal social and natural laws.
“Structural counterfactuals differentiate causal from noncausal relations without having to invoke reference to universal social and natural laws, which is notoriously problematic in the realm of the social sciences (George and Bennett 2005:chap. 7; Reutlinger 2013).”
From Check Your Truth Conditions! Clarifying the Relationship between Theories of Causation and Social Science Methods for Causal Inference (2021) · cites this paper as Reutlinger 2013
Applying regularity theory to the social sciences creates problems because universal laws are hard to come by.
“This creates problems in applying this theory to the social sciences, where universal laws are hard to come by (Reutlinger 2013:17).”
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- Authors
- Reutlinger, A.
- Corresponding author
- Reutlinger, Alexander
- Venue
- Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Published
- 2013
- OpenAlex
- W1634926855
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 3.41
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy and History of Science
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Realism in Sociology
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy, Science, and History
- Keywords
- causal inference, social sciences, biology, counterfactual reasoning, causal models
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