Scientific Explanation

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Studdert-Kennedy, Gerald, Evidence and Explanation in Social Science. ... Kauffman, Stuart, "Articulation of Parts Explanation in Biology and the Rational ...

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Capacities and abstractions.Nancy Cartwright
Explanatory unification and the causal structure of the world.Philip Kitcher
Scientific understanding and the causal structure of the world.P. Kitcher
Explanation and metaphysical controversy.Peter Railton
Explanation: in search of the rationale.Matti Sintonen

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