The nature of scientific explanation

The nature of scientific explanation / Jude P. Dougherty.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dougherty, Jude P., 1930- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2013.
Series:	UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Science > Philosophy. Knowledge, Theory of. epistemology. SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects. Knowledge, Theory of Science > Philosophy
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

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.