The nature of scientific thinking : on interpretation, explanation, and understanding

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The nature of scientific thinking : on interpretation, explanation, and understanding

Jan Faye

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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The nature of scientific thinking

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-325) and index

Contents of Works

  • Forms of understanding
  • Understanding as organized beliefs
  • On interpretation
  • Representations
  • Scientific explanation
  • Causal explanations
  • Other types of explanations
  • The pragmatics of explanation
  • Not just why-questions
  • A rhetorical approach to explanation
  • Pluralism and the unity of science

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  • NCID
    BB20003793
  • ISBN
    • 9781137389824
  • LCCN
    2014497660
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 333 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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