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The nature of scientific explanation /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dougherty, Jude P., 1930- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2013.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Lecture one: historical context: what is at stake
  • Lecture two: induction: the perennial value of the Aristotelian perspective
  • Lecture three: the principle of substance
  • Lecture four: potentiality uncovered
  • Lecture five: the principle of final causality
  • Lecture six: use and abuse of analogy and metaphor in scientific explanation
  • Lecture seven: science and the shaping of modernity: the reciprocal influence of science and culture.