Kaiser, Marie I. (2016). On the Limits of Causal Modeling: Spatially-Structurally Complex Biological Phenomena. Philos. Sci., 83 (5). S. 921 - 934. CHICAGO: UNIV CHICAGO PRESS. ISSN 1539-767X
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This article examines the adequacy of causal graph theory as a tool for modeling biological phenomena. I argue that the causal graph approach reaches its limits when it comes to modeling biological phenomena that involve complex spatial and chemical-structural relations. Using a case study from molecular biology, I show why causal graph models fail to adequately represent and explain biological phenomena of this kind. The inadequacy of these models is due to their failure to include relevant spatial-structural information in a way that does not render the models nonexplanatory, unmanageable, or inconsistent with basic assumptions of causal graph theory.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-254526 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1086/687875 | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Philos. Sci. | ||||||||
| Volume: | 83 | ||||||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | S. 921 - 934 | ||||||||
| Date: | 2016 | ||||||||
| Publisher: | UNIV CHICAGO PRESS | ||||||||
| Place of Publication: | CHICAGO | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1539-767X | ||||||||
| Language: | English | ||||||||
| Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Subjects: | no entry | ||||||||
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| Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||
| URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/25452 |
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