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Title The concept of explanation / edited by Bartosz Brożek, Michael Heller, Mateusz Hohol.

Publication Info. Kraków (Poland) : Copernicus Center Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary The Concept of Explanation contains a collection of essays devoted to the problem of explanation in various disciplines of science and humanities, namely 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; 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.
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Subject Explanation.
Explanation.
Evidence.
Evidence.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Brożek, Bartosz, editor.
Heller, Michael, editor.
Hohol, Mateusz, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Concept of explanation. Kraków (Poland) : Copernicus Center Press, 2016 8378862046 9788378862048 (OCoLC)927401747
ISBN 9788378862055 (electronic book)
8378862054 (electronic book)
8378862046
9788378862048