Explanation in the Special Sciences The Case of Biology and History

Explanation in the Special Sciences The Case of Biology and History / edited by Marie I. Kaiser, Oliver R. Scholz, Daniel Plenge, Andreas Hüttemann.

Biology and history are often viewed as closely related disciplines, with biology informed by history, especially in its task of charting our evolutionary past. Maximizing the opportunities for cross-fertilization in these two fields requires an accurate reckoning of their commonalities and differen...

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Other Authors: Kaiser, Marie I. (Editor), Scholz, Oliver R. (Editor), Plenge, Daniel (Editor), Hüttemann, Andreas (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 367
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Biology—Philosophy.
History.
Philosophy and science.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction – Points of Contact between Biology and History; Marie I. Kaiser and Daniel Plenge
  • Part I. General Issues on Explanation
  • 2. The Ontic Account of Scientific Explanation; Carl F. Craver
  • Part II Explanation in the Biological Sciences
  • 3. Causal Graphs and Biological Mechanisms; Alexander Gebharter and Marie I. Kaiser
  • 4. Semiotic Explanation in the Biological Sciences; Ulrich Krohs
  • 5. Mechanisms, Pathomechanisms, and Disease in Scientific Clinical Medicine; Gerhard Müller-Strahl
  • 6. The Generalizations of Biology: Historical and Contingent?; Alexander Reutlinger
  • 7. Evolutionary Explanations and the Role of Mechanisms; Gerhard Schurz
  • Part III Explanation in the Historical Sciences
  • 8. Explaining Roman History – A Case Study; Stephan Berry
  • 9. Causal Explanation and Historical Meaning: How to Solve the Problem of the Specific Historical Relation between Events; Doris Gerber
  • 10. Do Historians Study the Mechanisms of History? A Sketch; Daniel Plenge
  • 11. Philosophy of History – Metaphysics and Epistemology; Oliver R. Scholz
  • 12. Causal Explanations of Historical Trends; Derek D. Turner
  • Part IV Bridging the Two Disciplines
  • 13. Aspects of Human Historiographic Explanation: A View from the Philosophy of Science; Stuart Glennan
  • 14. History and the Sciences; Philip Kitcher and Daniel Immerwahr
  • 15 Explanation and Intervention in Coupled Human and Natural Systems; Daniel Steel
  • 16. Biology and Natural History: What Makes the Difference; Aviezer Tucker.

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