“Towards the Methodological Turn in the Philosophy of Science”
Abstract
This chapter provides an introduction to the study of the philosophical
notions of mechanisms and causality in biology and economics. This chapter sets
the stage for this volume in three ways. First, it gives a broad review of the recent
changes and current state of the study of mechanisms and causality in the philosophy
of science. Second, consistent with a recent trend in the philosophy of science
to focus on scientific practices, it in turn implies the importance of studying the
scientific methods employed by researchers. Finally, by way of providing an
overview of each chapter in the volume, this chapter demonstrates that biology
and economics are two fertile fields for the philosophy of science and shows how
biological and economic mechanisms and causality can be synthesized.
作者姓名:
Hsiang-Ke Chao, Szu-Ting Chen, and Roberta L. Millstein
期刊名稱:
Hsiang-Ke Chao, Szu-Ting Chen, and Roberta L. Millstein (eds.), Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics, Netherlands: Springer
出版年份:
2013年
期別及起訖頁數:
pp. 1-16
文章分類:
專書專章
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