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Explanation

Theoretical Approaches and Applications

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Editors:
  1. Giora Hon

    1. University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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  2. Sam S. Rakover

    1. University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 302)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Why and How of Explanation: An Analytical Exposition

    1. The Why and How of Explanation: An Analytical Exposition

      • Giora Hon
      Pages 1-39

  4. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. The Use of Explanation

      1. The Explanation of Emotions
        • Aaron Ben-Ze’ev
        Pages 167-184
      2. The Deductive-Reconstruction Method and the Catch Model: Methodological and Explanatory Features
        • Sam S. Rakover
        Pages 185-205
      3. Explaining Religious Utterances by Taking Seriously Super-Naturalist (and Naturalist) Claims
        • Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
        Pages 207-229
      4. Explanation in Archaeology
        • Merrilee H. Salmon
        Pages 231-248

    3. The Limits of Explanation

      1. Can Psychological Processes be Explained? A Call for a Revitalized Behaviorism
        • William R. Uttal
        Pages 251-275
      2. The Use of Error as an Explanatory Category in Politics
        • Oded Balaban
        Pages 277-306
      3. Are There Aesthetic Explanations?
        • Ruth Lorand
        Pages 307-325

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 327-345
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About this book

For some years we have been conducting at the University of Haifa an interdisciplinary seminar on explanation in philosophy and psychology. We habitually begin the seminar with some philosophical reflections on explanation - an analysis of the concept and its metaphysical underpinnings. We discuss the various models and proceed to examine explanation in the setting of psychology. Thus, from the outset, we have focused not only on the concept itself but also on its application. The objective that we have set for the seminar, attended by students from both departments, Philosophy and Psychology, has been a critical understanding of the concept of explanation, its use and limitations. We were keen on deepening our understanding of the concept and on exploring its applications in fields of knowledge other than psychology. This was the motivation for convening an international conference on explanation and its application. The conference took place in the spring of 1998 under the auspices of the University of Haifa. The present book is the fruit of this meeting. The reader should note that the second part of the Introduction presents a detailed analytical account of the book. We hope that this overview will facilitate efficient use of the book by directing the reader's attention to those issues that might be of interest to him or her.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

    Giora Hon, Sam S. Rakover

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Explanation

  • Book Subtitle: Theoretical Approaches and Applications

  • Editors: Giora Hon, Sam S. Rakover

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9731-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0017-1Published: 30 November 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5827-0Published: 07 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9731-9Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 346

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Psychology, Methodology of the Social Sciences

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