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Understanding how science explains the world

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Understanding how science explains the worldKevin McCain.
Author:	McCain, Kevin.
Published:	Cambridge ; New York, NY :Cambridge University Press,2022.
Description:	xx, 122 p. :ill., digital ;19 cm.
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Jun 2022).
Subject:	SciencePhilosophy.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108997027
ISBN:	9781108997027$q(electronic bk.)

Understanding how science explains the world
McCain, Kevin.

Understanding how science explains the world[electronic resource] /Kevin McCain. - Cambridge ; New York, NY :Cambridge University Press,2022. - xx, 122 p. :ill., digital ;19 cm. - Understanding life. - Understanding life..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Jun 2022).

Why explanation matters in science -- The general nature of explanation -- Specific kinds of explanations -- Explanation and prediction -- Evaluating explanations -- Explanatory quality and felt understanding -- False theories, but accurate explanations? -- From explanation to knowledge -- Concluding remarks : explaining the world.

All people desire to know. We want to not only know what has happened, but also why it happened, how it happened, whether it will happen again, whether it can be made to happen or not happen, and so on. In short, what we want are explanations. Asking and answering explanatory questions lies at the very heart of scientific practice. The primary aim of this book is to help readers understand how science explains the world. This book explores the nature and contours of scientific explanation, how such explanations are evaluated, as well as how they lead to knowledge and understanding. As well as providing an introduction to scientific explanation, it also tackles misconceptions and misunderstandings, while remaining accessible to a general audience with little or no prior philosophical training.

ISBN: 9781108997027$q(electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

179415
Science
--Philosophy.

LC Class. No.: Q175.32.K45 / M328 2022

Dewey Class. No.: 501

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