Mechanisms and Difference-Making

被引：11

作者：

Dragulinescu, Stefan ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Kent, Dept Philosophy, Sch European Culture & Languages, Canterbury CT2 7NF, Kent, England

来源：

ACTA ANALYTICA-INTERNATIONAL PERIODICAL FOR PHILOSOPHY IN THE ANALYTICAL TRADITION | 2017年 / 32卷 / 01期

关键词：

Mechanism; Difference making; Causation; Medical causation; CHOLESTEROL CONTROVERSY; INTERPRETIVE HISTORY; EPISTEMIC CAUSALITY; BETA-BLOCKERS; THINKING; HYPERTENSION; WILLIAMSON;

D O I：

10.1007/s12136-016-0292-1

中图分类号：

B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ;

摘要：

I argue that difference-making should be a crucial element for evaluating the quality of evidence for mechanisms, especially with respect to the robustness of mechanisms, and that it should take central stage when it comes to the general role played by mechanisms in establishing causal claims in medicine. The difference-making of mechanisms should provide additional compelling reasons to accept the gist of Russo-Williamson thesis and include mechanisms in the protocols for Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM), as the EBM+ research group has been advocating.

引用

页码：29 / 54

页数：26

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