Explanation /
Researchers across the sciences often aim at explaining why something happened, they want to provide a scientific explanation. The question of what such a scientific explanation actually is, or should be like, has been the subject of philosophical analysis, as is laid out in this entry. It is import...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
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| Series: | Basic theories of social science.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Researchers across the sciences often aim at explaining why something happened, they want to provide a scientific explanation. The question of what such a scientific explanation actually is, or should be like, has been the subject of philosophical analysis, as is laid out in this entry. It is important for social scientists to understand the different positions about scientific explanation as well as be reflective and explicit about their own explanatory practice. Scientific explanations bear a relation to both the world and the explainees (i.e., the persons seeking an explanation). The first relation requires there to be a proper connection between explanations and features of the world, as this is what allows explanations to convey accurate information. This relation has received most attention in the philosophical ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529745719 1529745713 9781526421036 1526421038 |