Rethinking Explanation (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 252
Release date:	February 2007
First published:	2007
Editors:	Johannes Persson • Petri Ylikoski
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	207
Edition:	2007 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-5580-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
LSN:	1-4020-5580-3
Barcode:	9781402055805

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