Contemporary science and natural explanation : commonsense conceptions of casuality / edited by Denis J. Hilton
1988, 1st edition. Brighton : Harvester. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #387170
Physical description; 244 pp.: ill ; 23 cm. Contents; Introd. / D.J. Hilton -- The problem of causal selection / G. Hesslow -- Logic and causal attribution / D.J. Hilton -- Conversational and linguistic processes in causal attribution / W. Turnbull and B. Slugoski -- The role of selective attribution in causality judgment / D.R. Shanks and A. Dickinson -- Modes of explanation / R. Harré -- Seeing the connections in lay causal comprehension / C. Abraham -- Knowledge structures and causal explanation / R.P. Abelson and M. Lalljee -- Relationships between similarity-based and explanation-based categorisation / W.D. Wattenmaker, G.V. Nakamura and D.L. Medin. Subjects; Causation. Attribution (Social psychology). Argumentation. Philosophical perspectives.
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