Nature's Capacities and Their Measurement
Nancy Cartwright
Ever since David Hume, empiricists have barred powers and capacities from nature. In this book Cartwright argues that capacities are essential in our scientific world, and, contrary to empiricist orthodoxy, that they can meet sufficiently strict demands for testability. Econometrics is onediscipline where probabilities are used to measure causal capacities, and the technology of modern physics provides several examples of testing capacities (such as lasers). Cartwright concludes by applying the lessons of the book about capacities and probabilities to the explanation of the role ofcausality in quantum mechanics.
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Year:
1989
Publisher:
Clarendon Press
Language:
english
Pages:
280
ISBN 10:
0198235070
ISBN 13:
9780198235071
Series:
Clarendon Paperbacks
File:
EPUB, 679 KB
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english, 1989