Across the boundaries : extrapolation in biology and social science /

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. His work develops the thought that knowledge of mechanisms linking cause to effect can serve as a basis fo...

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1. Verfasser:
Steel, Daniel
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Zusammenfassung:
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. His work develops the thought that knowledge of mechanisms linking cause to effect can serve as a basis for extrapolation.
Umfang:
1 online resource (254 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-236) and index.
ISBN:
0-19-045024-X
1-281-16230-2
9786611162306
0-19-804414-3
1-4356-2050-X
Schlagworte:
Medicine > Research > Philosophy.
Biology > Research > Philosophy.
Social sciences > Research > Philosophy.
Extrapolation.
Causation.
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