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Explanations


Explanations



von: John Cornwell

34,49 €

Verlag: OUP Oxford
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 22.04.2004
ISBN/EAN: 9780191547331
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 266

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Beschreibungen

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 theway 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 expertwriters from a wide range of disciplines, including science, philosophy, mathematics, and social anthropology.

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