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- catalog abstract ""The aim of this series is to bring together important recent writings in major areas of philosophical inquiry, selected from a variety of sources, mostly periodicals, which may not be convenientiy available to the university student or the general reader. The editor of each volume contributes an introductory essay on the items chosen and on the questions with which they deal. A selective bibliography is appended as a guide to further reading." "This volume presents a selection of the most important recent discussions of the nature of explanation. It covers a broad range of topics from the philosophy of science to the central philosophical terrain of the theory of knowledge."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b4097486.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description ""The aim of this series is to bring together important recent writings in major areas of philosophical inquiry, selected from a variety of sources, mostly periodicals, which may not be convenientiy available to the university student or the general reader. The editor of each volume contributes an introductory essay on the items chosen and on the questions with which they deal. A selective bibliography is appended as a guide to further reading." "This volume presents a selection of the most important recent discussions of the nature of explanation. It covers a broad range of topics from the philosophy of science to the central philosophical terrain of the theory of knowledge."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Explanation in science and in history : aspects of scientific explanation / Carl G. Hempel -- Hempel's ambiguity / J. Alberto Coffa -- Scientific explanation and the causal structure of the world / Wesley C. Salmon -- Towards an Aristotelian theory of scientific explanation / B. Brody -- On an Aristotelian model of scientific explanation / Timothy McCarthy -- Can there be a model of explanation? / Peter Achinstein -- Probability, explanation, and information / Peter Railton -- Causal explanation / David Lewis -- Contrastive explanation / Peter Lipton -- Explanatory realism, causal realism, and explanatory exclusion / Jaegwon Kim -- A theory of singular causal explanation / James Woodward -- The pragmatics of explanation / Bas C. van Fraassen -- Van Fraassen on explanation / Philip Kitcher and Wesley C. Salmon -- The pragmatic character of explanation / Peter Achinstein -- Explaining and explanation / Robert J. Matthews.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-363) and index.".
- catalog extent "vi, 363 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Explanation.".
- catalog identifier "019875129X :".
- catalog identifier "0198751303 (pbk.) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Explanation.".
- catalog isPartOf "Oxford readings in philosophy".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Explanation.".
- catalog subject "121/.4 20".
- catalog subject "BD237 .E86 1993".
- catalog subject "Explanation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Explanation in science and in history : aspects of scientific explanation / Carl G. Hempel -- Hempel's ambiguity / J. Alberto Coffa -- Scientific explanation and the causal structure of the world / Wesley C. Salmon -- Towards an Aristotelian theory of scientific explanation / B. Brody -- On an Aristotelian model of scientific explanation / Timothy McCarthy -- Can there be a model of explanation? / Peter Achinstein -- Probability, explanation, and information / Peter Railton -- Causal explanation / David Lewis -- Contrastive explanation / Peter Lipton -- Explanatory realism, causal realism, and explanatory exclusion / Jaegwon Kim -- A theory of singular causal explanation / James Woodward -- The pragmatics of explanation / Bas C. van Fraassen -- Van Fraassen on explanation / Philip Kitcher and Wesley C. Salmon -- The pragmatic character of explanation / Peter Achinstein -- Explaining and explanation / Robert J. Matthews.".
- catalog title "Explanation / edited by David-Hillel Ruben.".
- catalog type "text".