Scientific Explanation And Understanding

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Explaining Explanation

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Author : Peter Albert Railton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984

Explaining Explanation written by Peter Albert Railton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with categories.

Explanation And Understanding

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Author : Arnon Levy
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2025-06-30

Explanation And Understanding written by Arnon Levy and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-06-30 with Philosophy categories.

Science has multiple goals: to describe the world, as it is now; to predict the future and to make inferences about the past. Science also aims to understand the world – to explain why it is the way it is. But what does it take to explain a phenomenon? How does science generate understanding and what does that take? In this thorough and clearly written introduction to scientific explanation, Arnon Levy explores the following problems and questions: the background to the topic of scientific explanation, particularly the questions of what an explanation is, what makes a good explanation and why seek them in the first place empiricism about explanation: Hempel’s deductive-nomological model and its problems unificationism about explanation: must good scientific explanations fit into an overall ‘explanatory store’? causation and explanation: Lewis’s description-based model, Woodward’s interventionist view and Strevens’s criterion of selection theory connections between explanation and understanding models, idealization and explanation non-causal explanation and explanation in non-scientific contexts the nature of understanding Additional features, such as chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading and a glossary, make this an excellent resource for students of philosophy of science, metaphysics and epistemology.

Explanation And Understanding

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Author : Arnon Levy, (Ph
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-12

Explanation And Understanding written by Arnon Levy, (Ph and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-12 with Science categories.

"Science has multiple goals: to describe the world, as it is now; to predict the future and to make inferences about the past. But science also aims to understand the world - to explain why it is the way it is. But what does it take to explain a phenomenon? What philosophical questions are at stake? In this thorough and clearly written introduction to scientific explanation, Arnon Levy explores the following problems and questions: the background to the topic of scientific explanation, particularly the questions of what an explanation is, what makes a good explanation and why seek them in the first place empiricism about explanation: Hempel's Deductive-Nomological model and criticisms of Hempel's theory unificationism about explanation: are good scientific explanations those fit into an overall 'explanatory store'? causation and explanation: Salmon's 'statistical relevance' and 'mark transmission' arguments causation and explanation: Lewis's description-based model, Woodward's interventionist view and Strevens's criterion of selection theory connections between explanation and understanding non-scientific explanation: metaphysics. Additional features, such as chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading and a glossary make this an excellent resource for students of philosophy of science, metaphysics and philosophy of psychology"--

Four Decades Of Scientific Explanation

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Author : Wesley C. Salmon
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 2006-06-15

Four Decades Of Scientific Explanation written by Wesley C. Salmon and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-15 with Philosophy categories.

As Aristotle stated, scientific explanation is based on deductive argument-yet, Wesley C. Salmon points out, not all deductive arguments are qualified explanations. The validity of the explanation must itself be examined. Four Decades of Scientific Explanation provides a comprehensive account of the developments in scientific explanation that transpired in the last four decades of the twentieth century. It continues to stand as the most comprehensive treatment of the writings on the subject during these years.Building on the historic 1948 essay by Carl G. Hempel and Paul Oppenheim, "Studies in the Logic of Explanation," which introduced the deductive-nomological (D-N) model on which most work on scientific explanation was based for the following four decades, Salmon goes beyond this model's inherent basis of describing empirical knowledge to tells us "not only what, but also why." Salmon examines the predominant models in chronological order and describes their development, refinement, and criticism or rejection.Four Decades of Scientific Explanation underscores the need for a consensus of approach and ongoing evaluations of methodology in scientific explanation, with the goal of providing a better understanding of natural phenomena.

Understanding Explanation And Scientific Knowledge

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Author : Kareem Khalifa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017

Understanding Explanation And Scientific Knowledge written by Kareem Khalifa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with PHILOSOPHY categories.

First comprehensive exploration of the nature and value of understanding, addressing burgeoning debates in epistemology and philosophy of science.

Scientific Knowledge

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Author : Janet A. Kourany
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987

Scientific Knowledge written by Janet A. Kourany and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Education categories.

* Broad ranging anthology that presents the best classical and contemporary material within the context of current trends in the philosophy of science (can be used as a core text or a supplemental reader).

Scientific Explanation

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Author : Philip Kitcher
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 1962-05-25

Scientific Explanation written by Philip Kitcher and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962-05-25 with Science categories.

Scientific Explanation was first published in 1962. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Is a new consensus emerging in the philosophy of science? The nine distinguished contributors to this volume apply that question to the realm of scientific explanation and, although their conclusions vary, they agree in one respect: there definitely was an old consensus. Co-editor Wesley Salmon's opening essay, "Four Decades of Scientific Explanation," grounds the entire discussion. His point of departure is the founding document of the old consensus: a 1948 paper by Carl G. Hempel and Paul Oppenheim, "Studies in the Logic of Explanation," that set forth, with remarkable clarity, a mode of argument that came to be known as the deductive-nomological model. This approach, holding that explanation dies not move beyond the sphere of empirical knowledge, remained dominant during the hegemony of logical empiricism from 1950 to 1975. Salmon traces in detail the rise and breakup of the old consensus, and examines the degree to which there is, if not a new consensus, at least a kind of reconciliation on this issue among contemporary philosophers of science and clear agreement that science can indeed tell us why. The other contributors, in the order of their presentations, are: Peter Railton, Matti Sintonen, Paul W. Humphreys, David Papineau, Nancy Cartwright, James Woodward, Merrilee H. Salmon, and Philip Kitcher.

Understanding How Science Explains The World

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Author : Kevin McCain
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-07-07

Understanding How Science Explains The World written by Kevin McCain and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-07 with Philosophy categories.

An accessible exploration of scientific explanation and how it leads to knowledge and understanding of the world.

Scientific Explanation And Understanding Essays On Reasoning And Rationality In Science

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Author : Nicholas Rescher
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 1983-09-22

Scientific Explanation And Understanding Essays On Reasoning And Rationality In Science written by Nicholas Rescher and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-09-22 with Reference categories.

Knowledge Illustrated Scientific News

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885

Knowledge Illustrated Scientific News written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with Science categories.