Rethinking Explanation: 252 (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 252) - Hardcover

 
9781402055805: Rethinking Explanation: 252 (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 252)
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ISBN 10: 1402055803 ISBN 13: 9781402055805
Publisher: Springer, 2007

Synopsis

This volume is a product of the international research project Theory of Explanation, which was funded by the Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOS-HS). The project started in 2001 and operated for a period of three years by organizing a number of workshops on scientific explanation in Norway, Iceland, Sweden and Finland. The workshops included presentations by people involved in the project and by invited guests. Both groups are represented in this volume, which brings together some of the papers presented in these meetings. The central theme of the research project was scientific explanation, but it was approached from many different angles. This plurality of approaches is also visible in the present volume. The authors share a joint interest in explanation, but not the same theoretical or methodological assumptions. As a whole, this volume shows that, although the theory of explanation has been a major industry within philosophyof science, there are still both conceptual problems to be solved and fresh philosophical ideas to explore. The papers in this volume have been divided into two broad groups. Part 1 consists of papers dealing with general issues in the theory of explanation, while the papers in Part 2 focus on some more specific problems. Part 1: Theory of Explanation

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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. Anyone interested in causal and probabilistic explanation, explanation-seeking questions and contrastive explanations, inference to the best explanation, or explanations within the special sciences should find something of interest in this book.

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1402055803
ISBN 13 
9781402055805
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
221
Editor
Persson Johannes, Ylikoski Petri

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