TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rabins, Peter V.
TI  - The Why of Things: Causality in Science, Medicine and Life
SN  - 9780231164733
U1  - 122 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Causation
KW  - Science - Medicine - Philosophy
KW  - Life Sciences
N1  - 1. Historical Overview: The Four Approaches to Causality
2. The Three-Facet Model: an Overview
3. The Answer is Either "No" or "Yes": Causality as a Categorical Concept
4. Probabilities, Odds, and Risks: Predispositions and Provocations as Causes
5. A Third Model of Causality: The Emergent, Nonlinear Approach
6. Empirical: The Physical Sciences
7. Empirical: The Biological Sciences
8. Empirical: Epidemiology
9. Narrative Truth: The Empathic Method
10. Cause in The Ecclesiastic Tradition
11. Seeking the Why of Things: The Model Applied
ER  -