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Nature of Explanation by Not Available (1983, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100195032152

ISBN-139780195032154

eBay Product ID (ePID)1590563

Product Key Features

Number of Pages394 Pages

Publication NameNature of Explanation

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1983

SubjectGeneral

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPhilosophy

AuthorNot Available

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight23.1 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN82-022571

TitleLeadingThe

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal501

SynopsisOffering a new approach to scientific explanation, this book focuses initially on the explaining act itself. From that act, a "product" emerges: an explanation. To understand what that product is, as well as how it can be evaluated in the sciences, reference must be made to the concept ofthe explaining act. Following an account of the explaining act, its product, and the evaluation of explanations, the theory is brought to bear on these issues: Why have the standard models of scientific explanation been unsuccessful, and can there be a model of the type sought? What is causalexplanation, and must explanation in the sciences be causal? What is a functional explanation? The "illocutionary" theory of explanation developed at the outset is used in discussing these issues, and contrasting philosophical viewpoints are assessed., Offering a new approach to defining the concept of scientific explanation, this book focuses on the act of explanation itself, asserting that a correct amount of explanation as an act must be the basis for a sound account of the product of that account, i.e., the explanation.