The nature of scientific thinking: on interpretation, explanation, and understanding

New York, NY: Palgrave-Macmillan (2014)
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Forms of understanding -- Understanding as organized beliefs -- On interpretation -- Representations -- Scientific explanation -- Causal explanations -- Other types of explanations -- The pragmatics of explanation -- Not just why-questions -- A rhetorical approach to explanation -- Pluralism and the unity of science.

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