Across the Boundaries: Extrapolation in Biology and Social Science
Extrapolation consists of generalizing causal conclusions from one context to others that may differ in relevant aspects. In Across the Boundaries, Steel argues that previous accounts of extrapolation are inadequate and proposes a better approach that is able to answer methodological critiques of extrapolation from animal models to humans.
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Across the Boundaries: Extrapolation in Biology and Social Science
Extrapolation consists of generalizing causal conclusions from one context to others that may differ in relevant aspects. In Across the Boundaries, Steel argues that previous accounts of extrapolation are inadequate and proposes a better approach that is able to answer methodological critiques of extrapolation from animal models to humans.
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Across the Boundaries: Extrapolation in Biology and Social Science

Across the Boundaries: Extrapolation in Biology and Social Science

by Daniel Steel
Across the Boundaries: Extrapolation in Biology and Social Science

Across the Boundaries: Extrapolation in Biology and Social Science

by Daniel Steel

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Overview

Extrapolation consists of generalizing causal conclusions from one context to others that may differ in relevant aspects. In Across the Boundaries, Steel argues that previous accounts of extrapolation are inadequate and proposes a better approach that is able to answer methodological critiques of extrapolation from animal models to humans.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198044147
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 11/26/2007
Series: Environmental Ethics and Science Policy Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 605 KB

About the Author

Daniel Steel is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University.

Table of Contents

Preface1. Extrapolation and Heterogeneity2. Interventions, Causal Effects, and Causal Relevance3. Causal Structure and Mechanisms4. The Disruption Principle5. Extrapolation, Capacities, and Mechanisms6. Ceteris Paribus and Extrapolation7. Reduction and Corrective Asymmetry8. Extrapolation in Social Science9. Social Mechanisms and Process Tracing10. Looking Back and AheadAppendixReferences
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