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The Nature of Scientific Explanation
Jude P. Dougherty
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Description for The Nature of Scientific Explanation
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 191.
In his newest work, distinguished philosopher Jude P. Dougherty challenges contemporary empiricisms and other accounts of science that reduce it to description and prediction. Dougherty argues that a philosophy of science is but a part of one’s overarching metaphysical outlook, itself painstakingly derived from considerations of nature, law, intelligibility, causality, and inference. This book critically examines several well-known philosophical positions from a time-transcending Aristotelian point of view. It defends an Aristotelian or “realist” interpretation of science, employing the textual Aristotle as commented upon and amplified through the centuries. The book shows that although modernity has offered a significant challenge, only ... Read more
In his newest work, distinguished philosopher Jude P. Dougherty challenges contemporary empiricisms and other accounts of science that reduce it to description and prediction. Dougherty argues that a philosophy of science is but a part of one’s overarching metaphysical outlook, itself painstakingly derived from considerations of nature, law, intelligibility, causality, and inference. This book critically examines several well-known philosophical positions from a time-transcending Aristotelian point of view. It defends an Aristotelian or “realist” interpretation of science, employing the textual Aristotle as commented upon and amplified through the centuries. The book shows that although modernity has offered a significant challenge, only ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813220147
SKU
V9780813220147
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Reviews for The Nature of Scientific Explanation
“A broad, wide-ranging approach that covers and ably defends a time-transcending Aristotelian understanding of the nature of science. Jude Dougherty’s general knowledge of modern philosophy and the Thomistic and Aristotelian tradition is put on display. Specialists will appreciate more subtle points, but there is something on every page for the more general reader as well.”—Louis Groarke, associate professor of philosophy, ... Read more