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Autore |
Dougherty Jude P. <1930-> |
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The nature of scientific explanation / / Jude P. Dougherty |
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Washington, District of Columbia : , : Catholic University of America Press, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (144 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Science - Philosophy |
Knowledge, Theory of |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. |
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