Causality and Causal Modelling in the Social Sciences: Measuring Variations

by Federica Russo

Book Overview

The anti-causal prophecies of last century have been disproved. Causality is neither a 'relic of a bygone' nor 'another fetish of modern science'; it still occupies a large part of the current debate in philosophy and the sciences.

This investigation into causal modelling presents the rationale of causality, i.e. the notion that guides causal reasoning in causal modelling. It is argued that causal models are regimented by a rationale of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402088167
• ISBN13: 9781402088162
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"