Editors:
- An important contribution to the debates about the nature of explanation
- Highlights some recent advances in the theory of explanation
- The authors reconsider some of the basic concepts in theories of explanation
Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 252)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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THEORY OF EXPLANATION
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
From the reviews:
"‘Rethinking Explanation’ is Volume 152 of the Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science. … The writing style of all chapters, though ‘academic’, is clear, intelligible, comparatively jargon-free for philosophy-suave readers … . The present book … indicate that inasmuch as all scientific/technological and humanistic knowledge domains retain a rapid expansion into all phases of society there is a great demand for modern approaches ‘to explain’." (Karl H. Wolf, International Journal of General Systems, 2008)
Editors and Affiliations
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Lund University, Sweden
JOHANNES PERSSON
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University of Helsinki, Finland
PETRI YLIKOSKI
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rethinking Explanation
Editors: JOHANNES PERSSON, PETRI YLIKOSKI
Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5581-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5580-5Published: 16 February 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-8708-7Published: 23 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5581-2Published: 16 May 2007
Series ISSN: 0068-0346
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 207
Topics: Philosophy of Science, Epistemology