The merits of this book are first and foremost the combination of theory and practice, then the unique presentation of a philosophical dialogue between prominent authors in the field: Peter Lipton and Wesley C. Salmon, who present in a conciliatory spirit opposing views of explanation. Finally the book features an interdisciplinary account of the application of explanation in philosophy, philosophy of science, psychology, perception, cognition, social sciences, political science, and aesthetics. There is currently a great interest in this kind of interdisciplinary collection of papers, not only among students and researchers of philosophy of science, but also among psychologists and social scientists. The interdisciplinary character of the book will attract readers from various fields of research. Practicing scientists and students who are interested in a particular field of study, will also find in this book insightful theoretical analyses of explanation. The aim of the book is to shed light on the very concept of explanation and to examine its application in diverse settings.
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Heinrich Hertz and Steven Weinberg two illustrious physicists separated by a century exemplify by their respective views of physics one of the crucial transitions in philosophy that this century of science has undergone. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nomological thinking, loveliest explanation, facial values, familiarity conception, syllogistic entailment, why regress, typical envy, explanatory considerations, supernaturalist claims, new archaeologists, syllogistic terms, nondemonstrative inference, syllogistic moods, accidental account, similarity rule, target face, contrastive explanation, hypothetical deductions, supernatural premise, object under analysis, only available explanation, copy cues, perceptual understanding, aesthetic explanation, explanatory virtues Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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nomological thinking, loveliest explanation, facial values, familiarity conception, syllogistic entailment, why regress, typical envy, explanatory considerations, supernaturalist claims, new archaeologists, syllogistic terms, nondemonstrative inference, syllogistic moods, accidental account, similarity rule, target face, contrastive explanation, hypothetical deductions, supernatural premise, object under analysis, only available explanation, copy cues, perceptual understanding, aesthetic explanation, explanatory virtues Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Posterior Analytics, Oxford University Press, Peter Lipton, Cambridge University Press, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Prior Analytics, New World, University of Chicago Press, Bay of Pigs, University of California Press, Analytica Posteriora, Clarendon Press, Princeton University Press, United States, Psychological Review, Nobel Lectures, North America, Oxford Classical Texts, University of Haifa, University of Minnesota Press, Academic Press, Max Jacob, William Blake, American Antiquity New!
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- Inference to the Best Explanation (International Library of Philosophy) by Peter Lipton on 23 pages
- Scientific Explanation (Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science) by Philip Kitcher on 8 pages
- Prior Analytics by Aristotle on 8 pages
- Causality and Explanation by Wesley C. Salmon on 8 pages
- Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science by Carl G. Hempel on 7 pages
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- The Freud Wars: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis by Lavinia Gomez in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Inference to the Best Explanation (International Library of Philosophy) by Peter Lipton in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Inference to the Best Explanation (International Library of Philosophy) by Peter Lipton in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Induction and Deduction in the Sciences (Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook) by F. Stadler on page 81, and page 91
- Computer-Graphic Facial Reconstruction by John G. Clement on page 281
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