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This collection of new essays explores the nature of explanation and causality. It provides a stimulating and wide ranging debate on one of the central issues that has concerned philosophers and scientists alike - the epistemological nature of their enquiries. The volume not only sheds light on some of the general questions involved, but also addresses specific problems involved in explanation in different fields - physics, biology, psychology and the social sciences. Explanation and its Limits is an up-to-date, sharply focused and comprehensive review for all philosophers, scientists and social scientists interested in methodology.
| ISBN | 0521395984 | | Pages | 326 | | ISBN13 | 9780521395984
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 532 | | Publisher | Cambridge University Press | | Published in | Cambridge | | Imprint | Cambridge University Press | | Series ISSN | 1358-246 | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements | | Publication date | 25 Jan 1991 | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Library of Congress | Q175 .E96 1990 | | Width (mm) | 160 | | DEWEY | 160 | | Spine width (mm) | 19 | | DEWEY edition | DC20 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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Opening address - explanation J. J. C. SMART EXPLANATION IN PSYCHOLOGY 1. Truth and teleology DAVID PAPINEAU 2. Functional support for anomalous monism JIM EDWARDS EXPLANATION IN BIOLOGY 1. Explanation in biology JOHN MAYNARD SMITH 2. Let's razor Ockam's razor ELLIOTT SOBER EXPLANATION IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 1. Singular explanation and the social sciences DAVID-HILLEL RUBEN 2. Explanation and understanding in social science JOHN SKORUPSKI EXPLANATION IN PHYSICS 1. Explanation MICHAEL REDHEAD 2. Explanation in physical theory PETER CLARK THE LIMITS OF EXPLANATION 1. The limits of explanation RICHARD SWINBURNE 2. Limited explanations STEPHEN R. L. CLARK Supervenience and singular causal claims JAMES WOODWARD Contrastive explanations PETER LIPTON How to put questions to nature MATTI SINTONEN Explanation and scientific realism PHILIP GASPER How do scientific explanations explain? JOYCE KINOSHITA
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