Explanations: Styles of Explanation in Science - Couverture rigide

 
9780198607786: Explanations: Styles of Explanation in Science
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ISBN 10 : 0198607784 ISBN 13 : 9780198607786
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Our lives, states of health, relationships, behaviour, experiences of the natural world, and the technologies that shape our contemporary existence are subject to a superfluity of competing, multi-faceted and sometimes incompatible explanations. Widespread confusion about the nature of 'explanation' and its scope and limits pervades popular exposition of the natural sciences, popular history and philosophy of science. This fascinating and intriguing book explores the way explanations work, why they vary between disciplines, periods, and cultures, and whether they have any necessary boundaries. In other words, Explanations aims to achieve a better understanding of explanation, both within the sciences and the humanities. It features contributions from expert writers from a wide range of disciplines, including science, philosophy, mathematics, and social anthropology.

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À propos de l?auteur

John Cornwell is an author and journalist, and Director of the Science and Human Dimension Project at Jesus College, Cambridge. He is the editor of two previous collections, also published by OUP: Nature's Imagination (1994) and Consciousness and Human Identity (1998).

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198607784
ISBN 13 
9780198607786
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
266
Éditeur
Cornwell John
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