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Describe the principle of uniformity.
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Can be viewed as an application of the principle of the identity of indiscernibles. It states that similar causes tend to have similar effects, and vice versa.
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Describe the principle of stability.
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Change does not occur without a cause. This principle is obviously related to the principle of sufficient reason, claiming that the only sufficient reason for change in a system is a causal reason.
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Describe the principle of composition.
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Causal explanations of things, phenomenon and processes should be in accord with, and not contradict, known behaviours of the components of that which is being explained.
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Describe the principle of common cause.
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it is important in causal reasoning to avoid the mistake of assuming that just because two events are constantly correlated in time, the first must be a cause of the second. The assumption that is justified is that if two events or phenomena show a constant correlation, then they may both be dependent on a common cause.
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9. What are the six types of theories.
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· Intuitional Theories |
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Describe intuitional theories.
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Whose purpose is to provide an intuitive understanding of their subject.
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Describe historical theories.
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Describe the occurrence of unique historical events by reconstructing the event.
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Describe qualitative theories.
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Characterized by a focus on the qualitative organization of observations as a means of gaining heuristic a predictive power.
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Describe taxonomic theories.
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Concerned with classification and recognition of phenomena.
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Describe statistical theories.
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Non-deterministic mathematical theories
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Describe dynamical theories.
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Deterministic mathematical theories in which system change over time follows from a set of equations of motion.
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