Arnon Levy

Explanation and Understanding (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This thorough and clearly written introduction to scientific explanation is an excellent resource for students of philosophy of science, metaphysics and philosophy of psychology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351791694
• Artikelnr.: 74147488

Autorenporträt

Arnon Levy is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He holds a PhD in philosophy and an MA in biology, both from Harvard University. His work covers explanation and understanding in science, the nature of modeling and scientific representation, and the role of science in society.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: what this book (and isn't) about 2. The history (and
prehistory) of scientific explanation 3. The Move to Causal Accounts 4.
Explanation and Difference-making 5. Production and Mechanistic Explanation
6. Models and Explanation 7. Beyond Causal Explanation 8. What is
Understanding 9. Connecting understanding and explanation 10. Coda: the
place of explanation. Glossary Index