02888nam 2200577 a 450 991082507800332120230617011737.01-383-03125-80-19-164743-81-280-69885-397866136758110-19-154733-6(CKB)2670000000151599(EBL)886652(OCoLC)778448349(SSID)ssj0000611847(PQKBManifestationID)12243897(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000611847(PQKBWorkID)10666360(PQKB)11336805(Au-PeEL)EBL886652(CaPaEBR)ebr10537841(CaONFJC)MIL367581(MiAaPQ)EBC886652(EXLCZ)99267000000015159920040709d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExplanations[electronic resource] styles of explanation in science /edited by John CornwellOxford Oxford University Press20041 online resource (265 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-860778-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; 1 What good is an explanation?; 2 Can science explain everything? Can science explain anything?; 3 Explaining the universe; 4 Does physics rule the roost of scientific explanation?; 5 Mathematical explanation; 6 Ponderable matter: explanation in chemistry; 7 The biology of the future and the future of biology; 8 Teleology: the explanation that bedevils biology; 9 What is it not like to be a brain?; 10 Ontology and scientific explanation; 11 From explanation to interpretation in social anthropology12 Passing it on: redescribing scientific explanationIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZOur lives, states of health, relationships, behaviour, experiences of the natural world, and the technologies that shape our contemporary existence are subject to a superfluity of competing, multi-faceted and sometimes incompatible explanations. Widespread confusion about the nature of 'explanation' and its scope and limits pervades popular exposition of the natural sciences, popular history and philosophy of science. This fascinating and intriguing book explores the wayexplanations work, why they vary between disciplines, periods, and cultures, and whether they have any necessary boundaries. ExplanationExplanation.121/.6Cornwell John1940-196605MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825078003321Explanations4037676UNINA