Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chao, Hsiang-Ke. (Editor), Chen, Szu-Ting. (Editor), Millstein, Roberta L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, 3
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Biology > Philosophy.; Evolution (Biology).; Economics > Methodology.; Philosophy.; Philosophy of Biology.; Methodology and the History of Economic Thought.; Evolutionary Biology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2454-9

This volume addresses fundamental issues in the philosophy of science in the context of two most intriguing fields: biology and economics. Written by authorities and experts in the philosophy of biology and economics, Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics provides a structured study of th...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1. Towards the Methodological Turn in the Philosophy of Science; Hsiang-Ke Chao, Szu-Ting Chen, and Roberta L. Millstein
• Part 1. Defining Mechanism and Causality
• Chapter 2. Mechanisms versus Causes in Biology and Medicine ; Lindley Darden
• Chapter 3. Identity, Structure, and Causal Representation in Scientific Models; Kevin D. Hoover
• Part 2. Models and Representation
• Chapter 4. The Regrettable Lost of Mathematical Molding in Econometrics; Marcel Boumans
• Chapter 5. Models of Mechanisms: The Case of the Replicator Dynamics; Till Gr<U+00fc>ne-Yanoff
• Chapter 6. Experimental Discovery, Data Model, and Mechanisms in Biology: An Example from Mendel<U+0019>s Work; Ruey-Lin Chen
• Part 3. Reconsidering Biological Mechanisms and Causality
• Chapter 7. Mechanisms and Laws: Clarifying the Debate; Carl F. Craver and Marie I. Kaiser
• Chapter 8. Natural Selection and Causal Productivity: A Reply to Glennan; Roberta L. Millstein
• Chapter 9. Is Natural Selection a Population-Level Causal Process?; Rong-Lin Wang
• Part 4. Across Boundaries between Biology and Economics
• Chapter 10. Mechanisms and Extrapolation in the Abortion-Crime Controversy; Daniel Steel
• Chapter 11. Causality, Impartiality and Evidence-Based Policy; David Teira and Julian Reiss
• Chapter 12. Explaining the Explanations of 100 Million Missing Women; Hsiang-Ke Chao and Szu-Ting Chen.Models of Mechanisms: The Case of the Replicator Dynamics; Till Gr<U+00fc>ne-Yanoff
• Chapter 6. Experimental Discovery, Data Model, and Mechanisms in Biology: An Example from Mendel<U+0019>s Work; Ruey-Lin Chen
• Part 3. Reconsidering Biological Mechanisms and Causality
• Chapter 7. Mechanisms and Laws: Clarifying the Debate; Carl F. Craver and Marie I. Kaiser
• Chapter 8. Natural Selection and Causal Productivity: A Reply to Glennan; Roberta L. Millstein
• Chapter 9. Is Natural Selection a Population-Level Causal Process?; Rong-Lin Wang
• Part 4. Across Boundaries between Biology and Economics
• Chapter 10. Mechanisms and Extrapolation in the Abortion-Crime Controversy; Daniel Steel
• Chapter 11. Causality, Impartiality and Evidence-Based Policy; David Teira and Julian Reiss
• Chapter 12. Explaining the Explanations of 100 Million Missing Women; Hsiang-Ke Chao and Szu-Ting Chen.