The Concept of Explanation
The Concept of Explanation
- Wydawnictwo: Copernicus Center Press
- Rok wydania: 2016
- ISBN: 9788378862048
- Ilość stron: 326
- Format: 17.0x24.0cm
- Oprawa: Twarda
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Opis: The Concept of Explanation
A collection of essays devoted to the problem of explanation in various disciplines of science and humanities: mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, neuroscience, economics as well as theology.
The issues covered include such topics as the interplay between explanation and understanding, the problem of a priori explanation, the limits of causal explanations in physics, the application of mathematics in biology, the relationship between proof and explanation in mathematics, and the use of mechanistic framework in neuroscience viewed from the perspective of philosophy of science. Moreover, various methodological controversies related to science and humanities are considered.
Contributors:
Robert Audi, Bartosz Brożek, Willem B. Drees, Michał Furman, Marcin Gorazda, Michael Heller, Mateusz Hohol, Andrzej Koleżyński, Stanisław Krajewski, Dominique Lambert, Olivier Riaudel, Jan Woleński, Krzysztof Wójtowicz, Wojciech Załuski.
Szczegóły: The Concept of Explanation
Tytuł: The Concept of Explanation
Wydawnictwo: Copernicus Center Press
ISBN: 9788378862048
Języki: angielski
Rok wydania: 2016
Ilość stron: 326
Format: 17.0x24.0cm
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.73 kg
Redakcja: Brożek Bartosz, Heller Michael, Hohol Mateusz