Nature's Capacities and their Measurement
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], x, [1], 2-268, [10] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. With in-text diagrams. In this well-known book, Cartwright argues causation has a central role to play in modern science and that causal claims should be understood as ascriptions of capacities. The argument is given within an empiricist framework and centers upon the notion that capacities, traditionally dismissed by empiricists, are both critical to science and are testable. Very near Fine / Fine. Item #000014864
A tiny checkmark on the free front endpaper.
Price: $200.00
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