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

ISBN 10: 1402055803 / ISBN 13: 9781402055805

Editore: Springer, 2007

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• Titolo: Rethinking Explanation (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 252)
• Editore: Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1402055803
• ISBN 13: 9781402055805
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: New

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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.

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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.