Calling for explanation

Calling for explanation / Dan Baras.

"This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the idea that some facts call for explanation, an idea that underlies influential debates in metaethics, metaphysics, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of religion. Special attention is given to reliability argume...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baras, Dan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Series:Oxford Academic.
Subjects:
Explanation.
Facts (Philosophy)
Reason.
reason.
Explanation
Reason
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction an idea : facts that call for explanation
  • Inference to the best explanation, Bayesianism, and their relationship with the striking principle
  • What is strikingness?
  • What kind of explanation?
  • Is the striking principle privileged?
  • A new way of thinking about calling for explanation.

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