The nature of scientific explanation

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The nature of scientific explanation
Jude P. Dougherty
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The nature of scientific explanation
2013, Catholic University of America Press
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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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

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Washington, D.C

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Dewey Decimal Class
501
Library of Congress
Q175.3 .D68 2013, Q175.3.D68 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25376514M
ISBN 13
9780813220130, 9780813220147
LCCN
2012023293
OCLC/WorldCat
794708146

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