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Modes of Explanation

Affordances for Action and Prediction

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-349-48798-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Erscheinungstermin: 17.12.2014
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Modes of Explanation is the first book in decades to attempt to bring these conflicting approaches together and to offer a compelling narrative to explore how the paradox of 'explanation' can converge.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9781349487981
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-349-48798-1
  • Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
  • Erscheinungstermin: 17.12.2014
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2014
  • Produktform: Kartoniert
  • Gewicht: 493 g
  • Seiten: 302
  • Format (B x H x T): 155 x 235 x 18 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Autoren/Hrsg.

Herausgeber

PART I: CONTEXT 1. Introduction; Michael Lissack, Abraham Graber 2. A Place in History; Alicia Juarrero 3. The Context of Our Query; Michael Lissack PART II: CASE STUDY 4. Case Study: Creationism; Zack Kopplin PART III: EXAMINING THE CASE 5. Scientific Realism on Historical Science and Creationism; Abraham Graber 6. A Pragmatic Constructivist Take on the Case; Michael Lissack PART IV: DIALOGUE 7. Robustness and Explanation; William Wimsatt 8. A Mode of 'Epi-Thinking' Leads to the Exploration of Vagueness and Finality; Stanley Salthe 9. Occam's Razor, the Complexity of Truth, and the Simplicity Puzzle; Kevin Kelly, Konstantin Genin 10. Getting a Grip; Nancy Nersessian 11. Modes of Explanation; Sandra Mitchell 12. Narrative as a Mode of Explanation; Rukmini Nair 13. Economic Explanations; Paul Thagard 14. Narratives and Models in Complex Systems; Timothy Allen, Edmond Ramly, Samantha Paulsen, Gregori Kanatzidis, Nathan Miller 15. Evaluating Explanations through their Conceptual Structures; Steven Wallis 16. Investigating the Lay and Scientific Norms for Using "Explanation" Jonathan Waskan, Ian Harmon, Andrew Higgins, Joseph Spino PART V: CONCLUSION 17. Conclusion; Michael Lissack, Abraham Graber PART VI: AFTERWORD Afterword 1. The Scientific Attitude Toward Explanation; Lee McIntyre Afterword 2. Explanation Revisited; Jan Faye Afterword 3. Is The World Completely Intelligible?; Peter Achinstein Afterword 4. Explanation and Pluralism; Beckett Sterner Reprise; Michael Lissack