Calling For Explanation
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Calling For Explanation
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Author : Dan Baras
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022-07-26
Calling For Explanation written by Dan Baras and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-26 with Philosophy categories.
This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the idea that some facts call for explanation. This idea serves as a premise in influential arguments for the inexistence of moral facts, for the inexistence of mathematical facts, for the existence of a god, for the existence of multiple universes, and other topics. Despite its prevalence and importance in debates across fields of study, however, this premise is rarely questioned, and the distinction between facts that call for explanation and those that do not has thus far received little careful attention. According to what Baras calls the naïve picture, facts possess a certain property, which he calls strikingness, to different degrees. To the extent that a fact has this property, it calls for explanation. We feel compelled to figure out what this property is, and what special explanation amounts to, but this approach, Baras argues, leads to a dead end. Attending to this essential and yet strangely neglected issue, Baras argues that if calling for explanation is thought of as a fixed property of facts that justifies explanatory inferences, as many believe it to be, this leads to a futile philosophical project and confusions in reasoning. He develops the view that calling for explanation is merely a figurative form of speech without a fixed meaning. There is no unified property shared by all facts that call for explanation, and there is no unified kind of explanation that all such facts call for.
Explanation And Understanding
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Author : Georg Henrik von Wright
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2004
Explanation And Understanding written by Georg Henrik von Wright and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Art categories.
In 'Explanation and Understanding' von Wright argues that human action cannot be explained causally by scientific or 'natural' laws, but must be understood 'intentionally'.
C Programming Test Your Skills
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Author : Kamthane Ashok
language : en
Publisher: Pearson Education India
Release Date : 2010-09
C Programming Test Your Skills written by Kamthane Ashok and has been published by Pearson Education India this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09 with C (Computer program language) categories.
C Programming: Test Your Skills is specifically designed to be used as the supplementary resource for learning C Programming. It is ideal for self practice or test preparation and hones one's problem solving abilities through varieties of exercises.
A Concise System Of Theology On The Basis Of The Shorter Catechism With An Introductory Paper By Duncan Macfarlan
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Author : Alexander Smith PATERSON
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1860
A Concise System Of Theology On The Basis Of The Shorter Catechism With An Introductory Paper By Duncan Macfarlan written by Alexander Smith PATERSON and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1860 with categories.
Essential Japanese Grammar
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Author : Everett F. Bleiler
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 1963-01-01
Essential Japanese Grammar written by Everett F. Bleiler and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963-01-01 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This logical, developmental presentation of the major aspects of Japanese grammar includes all the necessary tools for speech and comprehension. Designed for adults with limited learning time who wish to acquire the basics of everyday Japanese, this grammar features numerous shortcuts and timesavers. Ideal as an introduction, supplement, or refresher.
The Collapse Of Mechanism And The Rise Of Sensibility
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Author : Stephen Gaukroger
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2010-11-25
The Collapse Of Mechanism And The Rise Of Sensibility written by Stephen Gaukroger and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-25 with Philosophy categories.
How did we come to have a scientific culture -- one in which cognitive values are shaped around scientific ones? Stephen Gaukroger presents a rich and fascinating investigation of the development of intellectual culture in early modern Europe, a period in which understandings of the natural realm began to fragment.
The Nature Of Explanation
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Author : Peter Achinstein
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1985-10-31
The Nature Of Explanation written by Peter Achinstein and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-10-31 with Science categories.
Offering a new approach to scientific explanation, this book focuses initially on the explaining act itself. From that act, a "product" emerges: an explanation. To understand what that product is, as well as how it can be evaluated in the sciences, reference must be made to the concept of the explaining act. Following an account of the explaining act, its product, and the evaluation of explanations, the theory is brought to bear on these issues: Why have the standard models of scientific explanation been unsuccessful, and can there be a model of the type sought? What is causal explanation, and must explanation in the sciences be causal? What is a functional explanation? The "illocutionary" theory of explanation developed at the outset is used in discussing these issues, and contrasting philosophical viewpoints are assessed.
Wondrous Truths
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Author : J. D. Trout
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
Wondrous Truths written by J. D. Trout and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with History categories.
Explaining the world around us, and the life within, is one of the most uniquely human drives, and the most celebrated activities of science. The central idea of this book is that modern science triumphed through an awkward assortment of accident and luck, geography and personal idiosyncrasy. 'Wondrous Truths' provides a fresh, daring, and genuine alternative to established views of scientific progress, and recovers at once the majesty of science and the grand sweep of big ideas.
The Encyclop Dic Dictionary
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Author : Robert Hunter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1882
The Encyclop Dic Dictionary written by Robert Hunter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1882 with Encyclopedias and dictionaries categories.
Explanation And Its Limits
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Author : Dudley Knowles
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1990
Explanation And Its Limits written by Dudley Knowles and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Philosophy categories.
This collection of new essays explores the nature of explanation and causality. It provides a stimulating and wide ranging debate on one of the central issues that has concerned philosophers and scientists alike--the epistemological nature of their enquiries. The volume not only sheds light on some of the general questions involved, but also addresses specific problems involved in explanation in different fields--physics, biology, psychology and the social sciences. Explanation and its Limits is an up-to-date, sharply focused and comprehensive review for all philosophers, scientists and social scientists interested in methodology.