Re-orienting discussions of scientific explanation
A functional perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10799844 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrea I Woody |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Pages | 79-87 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-3681 • E-ISSN: 1879-2510 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.shpsa.2015.03.005 |
| PMID | 26193790 |
| OpenAlex | W600400566 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 18 |
Epistemology · Explanatory power · Focus (optics · Functional approach · Ideal (ethics · Normative · Perspective (graphical · Philosophy of science · Sociology · Virtue · Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies · Computer Science · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology · Science and Climate Studies · Social Psychology
Explanatory Asymmetry in Non-Causal Explanation
Actual Causation and the Challenge of Purpose
Anti-Exceptionalism about Logic and the Burden of Explanation
Communicating with scientific graphics
Truth, understanding, and normativity in scientific models
Explaining the apocalypse
Reflective equilibrium in logic
Against logical generalism
Explanatory schema and the process of model building
History and philosophy of science after the practice-turn
Ordinary language philosophy, explanation, and the historical turn in philosophy of science
Collaborative explanation, explanatory roles, and scientific explaining in practice
Explanatory Relevance and Contrastive Explanation
Multiple-Models Juxtaposition and Trade-Offs among Modeling Desiderata
Speech Act Theory and the Multiple Aims of Science
Epistemic Justification and Methodological Luck in Inflationary Cosmology
Anti-Exceptionalism About Logic (Part II)
True Enough
Understanding and the facts
Explanation and Scientific Understanding
The structure of scientific revolutions
Aspects of Scientific Explanation
Aspects of Scientific Explanation and Other Essays
Outline of a theory of scientific understanding
Collective Belief And Acceptance
How scientific models can explain
Scientific Explanation and the Sense of Understanding
Inaugurating Understanding or Repackaging Explanation
Explanatory Unification
Scientific Understanding after the Ingold Revolution in Organic Chemistry
The Law-Idealization
| Citations per year | 1.55 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |