When scientist investigate why things happen, they aim at giving
an explanation. But what does a scientific explanation look like?
In the first chapter (Theories of Scientific Explanation) of this
book, the milestones in the debate on how to characterize
scientific explanations are exposed. The second chapter (How to
Study Scientific Explanation?) scrutinizes the working-method of
three important philosophers of explanation, Carl Hempel, Philip
Kitcher and Wesley Salmon and shows what went wrong. Next, it is
the responsibility of current philosophers of explanation to go on
where Hempel, Kitcher and Salmon failed. However, we should go on
in a clever way. We call this clever way the pragmatic approach to
scientific explanation and clarify briefly what this approach
consists in. The third chapter (A Toolbox for Describing and
Evaluating Explanatory Practices) elaborates the pragmatic approach
by presenting a toolbox for analysing scientific explanation. In
the last chapter (Examples of Descriptions and Evaluations of
Explanatory Practices) the approach is illustrated with real-life
examples of scientists aiming at explaining.
This book can be used as a textbook for intermediate philosophy
of science courses and is also valuable as suggested reading for
introductory courses in philosophy of science. The way the book is
set up makes it an excellent study and research guide for advanced
(MA and PhD) students that work on the topic of scientific
explanation. Finally, it is a handy source and reference book for
senior researchers in the field of scientific explanations and more
generally for all philosophers of science. "
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