Abstract
I suggest that some diagnoses can be seen as causal ex-planations based on “particulars” – instead of regularities – and on the notion of actual causation. Diagnoses based on case-based rea-soning provide a particularly vivid example.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 365-372 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | LOGIC AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2011 |
Keywords
- Diagnosis
- causality
- philosophy of medicine
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