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THE
LOGIC OF CAUSATION Chapters list:
Phase One: Macroanalysis
3.
The
Specific Determinations
7.
Reduction
of Positive Moods
9.
Squeezing
Out More Information
Phase Two: Microanalysis 14. Main Three-Item Syllogisms 15. Some More Three-Item Syllogisms
Phase Three:
Software Assisted Analysis 24. A Practical Guide to Causative Logic
Phase One: Macroanalysis. 1.
Causation.
2.
The Paradigmic Determination.
1.
Strong Determinations.
2.
Parallelism of Strongs.
3.
Weak Determinations.
4.
Parallelism of Weaks.
5.
The Four Genera of Causation.
6. Negations of Causation.
3.
THE SPECIFIC DETERMINATIONS 1.
The Species of Causation.
2.
The Joint determinations.
3.
The Significance of Certain Findings.
1.
Oppositions.
2.
Eductions.
3.
The Directions of Causation.
1.
Causal or Effectual Chains.
2.
Some Instructive Examples.
3.
Figures and Moods.
1.
Valid and Invalid Moods.
2.
Moods in Figure 1.
3.
Moods in Figure 2.
4.
Moods in Figure 3.
7.
REDUCTION
OF
POSITIVE MOODS 1.
Reduction.
2.
Reductions in Figure 1.
3.
Reductions in Figure 2.
4.
Reductions in Figure 3.
1.
Matricial Analysis.
2.
Crucial Matricial Analyses in Figure 1.
3.
Crucial Matricial Analyses in Figure 2.
4.
Crucial Matricial Analyses in Figure 3.
9.
SQUEEZING OUT MORE INFORMATION 1.
The Interactions of Determinations.
2. Negative Moods. 3.
Negative
Conclusions from Positive Moods.
4.
Imperfect Moods.
1.
Highlights of Findings.
2. Modes of Causation. 3. Gaps and Loose Ends.
Appendix: J. S. MILL'S METHODS: A Critical Analysis Preamble. 1.
The Joint Method of Agreement and Difference.
2.
The Method of Agreement.
3.
The Method of Difference.
4.
The Method of Residues.
5.
The Method of Concomitant Variations.
Concluding Remarks.
Phase
Two: Microanalysis. 1.
Binary Coding and Unraveling 2.
The Generic Determinations 3.
Contraction and Expansion 4.
Intersection, Nullification and
Merger 5.
Negation 1.
Grand Matrices. 2.
Moduses in a Two-Item Framework 3.
Catalogue of Moduses, for Three
Items 4.
Enumeration of Moduses, for Three
Items 5.
Comparing Frameworks 1.
Relatives Weaks 2.
Items of Negative Polarity in
Two-Item Framework 3.
Items of Negative Polarity in
Three-Item Framework 4.
Categoricals and Conditionals 14. MAIN THREE-ITEM SYLLOGISMS 1.
Applying Microanalysis to Syllogism 2.
The Moduses of Premises 3.
The Moduses of Conclusions 4.
Dealing with Vaguer Propositions. 15. SOME MORE THREE-ITEM SYLLOGISMS 1.
Special Cases of Three-Item
Syllogism. 2.
Dealing with Negatives 1.
Four-Item Syllogism 2.
On Laws of Causation 3.
Interdependence 4.
Other Features of Causation Worthy
of Study
1. Catalogue of moduses for the four conjunctions of two items (P, R). 2. Catalogue of moduses for the eight conjunctions of three items (P, Q, R).
Phase
Three:
1. History of the Research. 2. Matrices of the Frameworks. 3. Comparing Frameworks.
1. 2-Item Framework Moduses. 2. 3-Item Framework Moduses. 3. 4-Item Moduses of the Forms. 4. Interpretation of the Moduses. 1. Back to the Beginning. 2. The Puzzle of No Non-connection. 3. The Definition of Causation. 4. Oppositions and Other Inferences. 1. Reducing Numerous Complements to Just Two. 2. Dependence Between Complements. 3. Exclusive Weak Causation. 4. The Need for an Additional Item (or Two). 1. Methodology. 2. 3-Item Syllogisms. 3. 4-Item Syllogisms. 4. About 5-item Syllogism.
24. A Practical Guide to Causative Logic.
See also: Ruminations, chapter 8.
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