Scientific explanation : papers based on Herbert Spencer lectures given in the University of Oxford

Author(s)

• Heath, A. F. (Anthony Francis)

Bibliographic Information

Scientific explanation : papers based on Herbert Spencer lectures given in the University of Oxford

edited by A.F. Heath

（The Herbert Spencer lectures）

Clarendon, 1981

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Thematic presuppositions and the direction of scientific advance / Gerald Holton
• The nature of the "ultimate" explanation in physics / Abdus Salam
• Rationality in science / Henry Harris
• True believers : the intentional strategy and why it works / Daniel C. Dennett
• Non-corporeal explanation in psychology / Donald E. Broadbent
• Philosophers and human understanding / H. Putnam

Details

• NCID: BA12823400
• ISBN:
  • 0198582145
• LCCN: 82148692
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: x, 123 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Q175.3
  • DC19 : 501
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Science -- Philosophy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0707037X