Abstract

A source book offered chiefly as a text for courses in the philosophy of science, containing 27 specimen explanations by historical and contemporary figures grouped under five headings: Pre- and early-scientific explanations ; Physics ; Biology ; Motivation, Behavior and Personality ; and Sociology and History. The editor provides brief introductions for each section and a bibliography. The collection, strange to say, includes no philosophical studies of the nature of explanation.--N. S. C.