Explaining Explanation: Essays in the Philosophy of the Special Sciences

by Lee McIntyre

This book is a collection of Lee McIntyre's philosophical essays from over the last twenty years. Explaining Explanation focuses on the philosophy of social science and the philosophy of chemistry, but also covers more general problems such as underdetermination, explanatory exclusion, the accommodation-prediction debate, and laws in biological science.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761858695
• ISBN13: 9780761858690
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: All ages
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher