1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009166630403321

Titolo

Nelson textbook of pediatrics / [edited by] Richard E Behrman, Victor C. Vaughan ; senior editor: Waldo E. Nelson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia [etc.] : Saunders, 1987

ISBN

003011442X

Edizione

[13th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

XXVIII, 1640 p. : ill. ; 29 cm

Disciplina

618.92

Locazione

DMEPE

Collocazione

6 E 22

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910309858503321

Autore

Mantzavinos C

Titolo

A Dialogue on Explanation / / by C. Mantzavinos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-030-05834-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (62 pages)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Philosophy, , 2211-4556

Disciplina

121.6

Soggetti

Science - Philosophy

Philosophy and social sciences

Analysis (Philosophy)

Philosophy of Science

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Analytic Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Part I. On the Covering Law Model of Explanation -- Part II. On Explanation as Unification and other Models of Explanation -- Part II. On Explanatory Games -- Part IV. On Explanatory Progress -- Notes -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

This book introduces a panorama of the philosophical theory of explanation. The author writes it as a philosophical dialogue between two interlocutors, Philip and a student. In the process of their talk, the two present a defense of the position of explanatory pluralism. The fictional dialogue takes place on Cape Sounion, near Athens where the two interlocutors enjoy the view over the Aegean Sea. An initial exchange of arguments leads to a dialogue that unfolds the panorama of the contemporary philosophical theory of explanation. The second part of the dialogue details an exchange of arguments on explanatory pluralism as a novel approach to the philosophical theory of explanation. The two also discuss historical cases as well as the ways in which explanatory progress in science can be attained. We are all philosophers and we develop our own philosophy by exchanging views and arguments. The dialogue form is and should remain the principal form of philosophizing, since ideas, like butterflies, do not merely exist – they develop. This is certainly the case in actual philosophical interaction. As this book aptly demonstrates, it can also be the case in written philosophical exposition. The engaging dialogue captured here will help readers to better understand the philosophical theory of explanation.