Rethinking Explanation
(Sprache: Englisch)
The nature of scientific explanation has been an important topic in philosophy of science for many years. This book highlights some of the conceptual problems that still need to be solved and points out a number of fresh philosophical ideas to explore.
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The nature of scientific explanation has been an important topic in philosophy of science for many years. This book highlights some of the conceptual problems that still need to be solved and points out a number of fresh philosophical ideas to explore.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Rethinking Explanation “
- Contributors- Acknowledgements
- Preface
Part 1: Theory of Explanation, Bengt Hansson Explanations are about concepts and concept formation
- Henrik Hllsten, What to ask of an explanation-theory
- Petri Ylikoski, The Idea of Contrastive Explanandum
- Jan Faye, The Pragmatic-Rhetorical Theory of Explanation
- Olav Gjelsvik, Causal explanation provides knowledge why
- Stathis Psillos,Causal Explanation and manipulation
- Erik Weber and Jeroen Van Bouwel, Assessing the Explanatory Power of Causal Explanations
- Rebecca Schweder, Some Notes on Unificationism and Probabilistic Explanation
Part 2: Issues in Explanation
- Alexander Bird,Selection and Explanation
- Johannes Persson,IBE and EBI: on explanation before inference
- Jaakko Kuorikoski ,Explaining with Equilibria ;Annika Wallin, Explanation and environment: the case of psychology
- Mika Kiikeri and Tomi Kokkonen ,Biological Notions of Innateness and Explanation of Language Acquisition
- Robin Stenwall, Aspect kinds
INDEX
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2007, 207 Seiten, Maße: 15,9 x 24,4 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Johannes Persson, Petri Ylikoski
- Verlag: Springer Netherland
- ISBN-10: 1402055803
- ISBN-13: 9781402055805
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Englisch
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