Causal Hypotheses in Medicine — John Worrall / Serious Science
Professor of Philosophy of Science John Worrall on the difference between correlation and causation, controlled experiments and the placebo effect.
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'It wouldn't be a very good test of the theory that giving people regular doses of vitamin C causes relief from colds if you gave a whole bunch of people who was suffering from colds vitamin C for a week, and then they all recovered. You know from natural history colds do generally clear up within a week in any event. So you need the contrast in order to establish causation.'
John Worrall, Professor of Philosophy of Science, the London School of Economics and Political Science
Governance of Science: http://serious-science.org/governance-of-science-8830
Popper and Kuhn on Theory Change: http://serious-science.org/popper-and-kuhn-on-theory-change-10268
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Read the full text on our website: http://serious-science.org/causal-hypotheses-in-medicine-10404
'It wouldn't be a very good test of the theory that giving people regular doses of vitamin C causes relief from colds if you gave a whole bunch of people who was suffering from colds vitamin C for a week, and then they all recovered. You know from natural history colds do generally clear up within a week in any event. So you need the contrast in order to establish causation.'
John Worrall, Professor of Philosophy of Science, the London School of Economics and Political Science
Governance of Science: http://serious-science.org/governance-of-science-8830
Popper and Kuhn on Theory Change: http://serious-science.org/popper-and-kuhn-on-theory-change-10268
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