Modes of Explanation

Edited by Michael Lissack and Abraham Graber

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Date: 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-40386-5
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Chapters in this book:

Introduction: Thoughts on Explanation

Michael Lissack and Abraham Graber

A Place in History

Alicia Juarrero

The Context of Our Query

Michael Lissack

Case Study: Creationism

Zack Kopplin

Scientific Realism on Historical Science and Creationism

Abraham Graber

A Pragmatic Constructivist Take on the Case

Michael Lissack

Robustness and Explanation

William Wimsatt

A Mode of “Epi-Thinking” Leads to the Exploration of Vagueness and Finality

S. N. Salthe

Complexity, Ockham’s Razor, and Truth

Kevin T. Kelly and Konstantin Genin

Getting a Grip

Nancy J. Nersessian

Modes of Explanation: Complex Phenomena

Sandra Mitchell

Narrative as a Mode of Explanation: Evolution and Emergence

Rukmini Bhaya Nair

Economic Explanations

Paul Thagard

Narratives and Models in Complex Systems

Timothy F. H. Allen, Edmond Ramly, Samantha Paulsen, Gregori Kanatzidis and Nathan Miller

Evaluating Explanations through Their Conceptual Structures

Steven Wallis

Investigating the Lay and Scientific Norms for Using “Explanation”

Jonathan Waskan, Ian Harmon, Andrew Higgins and Joseph Spino

Conclusion

Michael Lissack and Abraham Graber

The Scientific Attitude Toward Explanation

Lee McIntyre

Explanation Revisited

Jan Faye

Is The World Completely Intelligible? A Very Short Course

Peter Achinstein

Explanation and Pluralism

Beckett Sterner

Reprise

Michael Lissack

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