The Nature of Explanation by Peter Achinstein
English | October 31, 1985 | ISBN-10: 019503743X | 394 pages | PDF | 19.9 Mb
Offering a new approach to scientific explanation, this book focuses initially on the explaining act itself. From that act, a "product" emerges: an explanation. To understand what that product is, as well as how it can be evaluated in the sciences, reference must be made to the concept of the explaining act.