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Nature's Capacities and Their Measurement (Clarendon Paperbacks)
Nature's Capacities and Their Measurement - Clarendon Paperbacks
Author: 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 one discipline where probabilities are used to measure cau...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780198235071
ISBN-10: 0198235070
Publication Date: 1/19/1994
Pages: 380
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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