Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10695040 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronald N Giere, Wesley C Salmon |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 444 |
| Publication date | 1988-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8108 • E-ISSN: 1558-1470 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2185459 |
| OpenAlex | W4302395319 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
Analytic philosophy · Contemporary philosophy · Epistemology · General interest · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science
Explanatory Understanding in the Metaphysics of Science
Robustness and Modularity
Experimental Artefacts
Cascade Versus Mechanism
Causality in Policy Studies
Models, Mechanisms, and Coherence
Mechanistic Causation and Constraints
Does IBE Require a ‘Model’ of Explanation
The Non-mechanistic Option
Presentism and Relativity
Causation by Concentration
Is Sex Really Necessary? And Other Questions for Lewens
Strategies of Causal Inference in Small-N Analysis
Wesley Salmon's Process Theory of Causality and the Conserved Quantity Theory
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,41 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2026 (35) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |