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Understanding How Science Explains the World

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By (author): Kevin McCain

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. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 170g
  • Dimensions: 128 x 178mm
  • Publication Date: 07 Jul 2022
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781108995504

About Kevin McCain

Kevin McCain is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His academic research interests lie in epistemology and philosophy of science focusing on the role of explanatory reasoning in the production of scientific knowledge. He is the author/editor of numerous articles and books including Uncertainty: How It Makes Science Advance (Oxford University Press 2019) What Is Scientific Knowledge (Routledge 2019) and The Nature of Scientific Knowledge (Springer 2016).

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