Traditional Approaches to Finding Cause and Effect Usually Try to Isolate

question 51

Multiple Choice

Traditional approaches to finding cause and effect usually try to isolate causal mechanisms from other possible influences while the scientific realist approach _____.

• A)views these other possible influences as deviations
• B)views these other possible influences as causal mechanisms
• C)views these other possible influences as contexts in which causal mechanisms operate
• D)views these other possible influences as true causes

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