Causation in Science and the methods of scientific discovery
- Submitting institution
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University of Durham
- Unit of assessment
- 30 - Philosophy
- Output identifier
- 122036
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1093/oso/9780198733669.001.0001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN
- 9780198733669
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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A - Mind, Language and Metaphysics
- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This 278-page, 122,000-word book argues that causation is the foundation upon which the possibility of empirical science rests. An account of how causes should be studied must be influenced by an account of what causation is, so the authors develop norms for scientific research based on metaphysical accounts of causation. They apply their model to every kind of scientific inference, including statistics and probability, mechanisms and the use of clinical trials. In ambition, content, scope and the research effort required to complete it over an 8-year period, this book is equivalent to at least six standard-length journal articles.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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