TY - CHAP
T1 - Evaluating Evidence of Mechanisms
AU - Parkkinen, Veli Pekka
AU - Wallmann, Christian
AU - Wilde, Michael
AU - Clarke, Brendan
AU - Illari, Phyllis
AU - Kelly, Michael P.
AU - Norell, Charles
AU - Russo, Federica
AU - Shaw, Beth
AU - Williamson, Jon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, The Author(s).
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In this chapter, we discuss how to evaluate evidence of mechanisms. This begins with an account of how a mechanistic study provides evidence for features of specific mechanism hypotheses, laying out a three step procedure of evaluating: (1) the methods used, (2) the implementation of the methods, and (3), the stability of the results. The next step is to combine those evaluations to present the quality of evidence of the general mechanistic claim.
AB - In this chapter, we discuss how to evaluate evidence of mechanisms. This begins with an account of how a mechanistic study provides evidence for features of specific mechanism hypotheses, laying out a three step procedure of evaluating: (1) the methods used, (2) the implementation of the methods, and (3), the stability of the results. The next step is to combine those evaluations to present the quality of evidence of the general mechanistic claim.
KW - African-Caribbean Population
KW - Clinical Study Evidence
KW - Mechanics Claims
KW - Specific Mechanistic Hypotheses
KW - Typical Error Characteristics
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85103721411
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-94610-8_6
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-94610-8_6
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85103721411
T3 - SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
SP - 77
EP - 90
BT - SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
PB - Springer
ER -