Explanation in the Special Sciences

The Case of Biology and History

AvMarie I. Kaiser,Oliver R. Scholz

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Explanation in the Special Sciences

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Utgivningsdatum:2013-12-13
Mått:155 x 235 x 26 mm
Vikt:729 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Synthese Library
Antal sidor:366
Upplaga:2014
Förlag:Springer
ISBN:9789400775626

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1. Introduction – Points of Contact between Biology and History; Marie I. Kaiser and Daniel Plenge.- Part I. General Issues on Explanation.- 2. The Ontic Account of Scientific Explanation; Carl F. Craver.- Part II Explanation in the Biological Sciences.- 3. Causal Graphs and Biological Mechanisms; Alexander Gebharter and Marie I. Kaiser.- 4. Semiotic Explanation in the Biological Sciences; Ulrich Krohs.- 5. Mechanisms, Pathomechanisms, and Disease in Scientific Clinical Medicine; Gerhard Müller-Strahl.- 6. The Generalizations of Biology: Historical and Contingent?; Alexander Reutlinger.- 7. Evolutionary Explanations and the Role of Mechanisms; Gerhard Schurz.- Part III Explanation in the Historical Sciences.- 8. Explaining Roman History – A Case Study; Stephan Berry.- 9. Causal Explanation and Historical Meaning: How to Solve the Problem of the Specific Historical Relation between Events; Doris Gerber.- 10. Do Historians Study the Mechanisms of History? A Sketch; Daniel Plenge.- 11. Philosophy of History – Metaphysics and Epistemology; Oliver R. Scholz.- 12. Causal Explanations of Historical Trends; Derek D. Turner.- Part IV Bridging the Two Disciplines.- 13. Aspects of Human Historiographic Explanation: A View from the Philosophy of Science; Stuart Glennan.- 14. History and the Sciences; Philip Kitcher and Daniel Immerwahr.- 15 Explanation and Intervention in Coupled Human and Natural Systems; Daniel Steel.- 16. Biology and Natural History: What Makes the Difference; Aviezer Tucker.