Koch's postulates: An interventionist perspective
Koch's postulates: An interventionist perspective
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DOI：
10.1016/j.shpsc.2016.06.001
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发表时间：
2016-10-01
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0.9
通讯作者：
Woodward, James F.
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作者：
Ross, Lauren N.;Woodward, James F.
我们认为，在伍德沃德（Woodward，2003）所描述的意义上，科赫的假设可以在干预主义的因果关系解释中得到最好的理解。我们展示了这种治疗方法如何帮助解决与科赫的工作相关的解释难题，以及它如何澄清这些假设在提供有用但非普遍的疾病因果标准方面所发挥的不同作用。我们的论文是理性重构的努力；我们试图展示科赫的假设和推理如何有意义，并且在干预主义框架内具有规范性合理性，而在思考因果关系的替代框架内则更难以理解。 (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. 保留所有权利。
We argue that Koch's postulates are best understood within an interventionist account of causation, in the sense described in Woodward (2003). We show how this treatment helps to resolve interpretive puzzles associated with Koch's work and how it clarifies the different roles the postulates play in providing useful, yet not universal criteria for disease causation. Our paper is an effort at rational reconstruction; we attempt to show how Koch's postulates and reasoning make sense and are normatively justified within an interventionist framework and more difficult to understand within alternative frameworks for thinking about causation. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.