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The nature of scientific explanation /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dougherty, Jude P., 1930- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2013.
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.