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THE CONCEPT OF EXPLANATION
BROŻEK B. HELLER M. HOHOL M. EDITORS wydawnictwo: COPERNICUS CENTER , rok wydania 2016, wydanie Icena netto: 168.60 Twoja cena 160,17 zł + 5% vat - dodaj do koszyka 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.
Bartosz Brożek, Matuesz Hohol
Introduction
Bartosz Brożek
Explanation and Understanding
Jan Woleński
Are Explanation and Prediction Symmetric?
Robert Audi
A Priori Explanation
Stanislaw Krajewski
Remarks on Mathematical Explanation
Krzysztof Wójtowicz
On the Problem of Explanation in Mathematics
Michael Heller
Limits of Causal Explanations in Physics
Andrzej Koleżyński
Pragmatism of Chemical Explanation
Dominique Lambert
“When Science Meets Historicity” Some Questions About the Use of Mathematics
in Biology
Mateusz Hohol, Michał Furman
On Explanation in Neuroscience: The Mechanistic Framework
Marcin Gorazda
The Epistemic and Cognitive Concept of Explantion in Economics. An Attempt at
Synthesis
Wojciech Załuski
The Varieties of Egoism. Some Reflections on Moral Explanation of Human Action
Willem B. Drees
Is Explaining Religion Explaining Religion Away?
Olivier Riaudel
Explanation in Christian Theology: Some Points in Common with the Human Sciences
326 pages, Hardcover
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