Rethinking Explanation

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This book highlights some of the conceptual problems that still need to be solved and points out a number of fresh philosophical ideas to explore.

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The pragmatic-rhetorical theory of explanation.Jan Faye
Causal explanation provides knowledge why.Olav Gjelsvik
Explanations are about concepts and concept formation.Bengt Hansson
What to ask of an explanation-theory.Henrik Hållsten
Biological notions of innateness and explanation of language acquisition.Mika Kiikeri & Tomi Kokkonen
Explaining with equilibria68.Jaakko Kuorikoski
Ibe and ebi.Johannes Persson
IBE and EBI: on explanation before inference.Johannes Persson
Ibe and ebi: On explanation before inference.Johannes Persson
Explanations are about concepts and concept formation.Ylikoski Petri
Ibe and ebi: On explanation before inference.Ylikoski Petri
Causal explanation and manipulation.Stathis Psillos
Some notes on unificationism and probabilistic explanation.Rebecca Schweder
Aspect kinds.Robin Stenwall
Explanation and environment: the case of psychology.Annika Wallin
Assessing the explanatory power of causal explanations.Erik Weber & Jeroen Van Bouwel
The Idea of Contrastive Explanandum.Petri Ylikoski

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University of Helsinki
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Ibe and ebi: On explanation before inference.Johannes Persson - 2007 - In Johannes Persson & Petri Ylikoski (eds.), Rethinking Explanation. Springer.

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