Scientific Explanation and the Essence of Natural Phenomena

• MORITA Kunihisa

  JSPS Osaka University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 科学的説明と自然現象の本質
• カガクテキ セツメイ ト シゼン ゲンショウ ノ ホンシツ

Abstract

There are three received approaches to scientific explanation: causal, unification and pragmatics. However, I will try to highlight the insufficiency of these approaches in this paper, furthermore instead, suggest a new approach: explanation by showing the essence of the phenomena. 'The essence of the phenomena' is what distinguishes the class of phenomena in question from the other classes of phenomena. Therefore, unification surely plays an important role in the scientific explanation, but its role is to clarify the essence of the phenomena.

Journal

• Journal of the Japan Association for Philosophy of Science

  Journal of the Japan Association for Philosophy of Science 34 (1), 29-37, 2007

  Japan Association for Philosophy of Science

Details

• CRID: 1390282680300473984
• NII Article ID: 10018919412
• NII Book ID: AN00036945
• DOI: 10.4288/kisoron1954.34.29
• ISSN: 18841236
• ISSN: 00227668
• NDL BIB ID: 8838041
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I8838041
• Text Lang: ja
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