The nature and norms of scientific explanation: Some preliminaries

There are at least two deep and related debates about explanation: about its nature and about its norms. The aim of this special issue of Philosophical Problems in Science/Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce (ZFN) is to survey whether or not a consensus is at hand in these debates and to help settle wh...

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Published in:	Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce
Main Authors:	Abel Peña, Cory Wright
Format:	Article
Language:	German
Published:	Copernicus Center Press 2023-12-01
Subjects:	scientific explanation ontic conception of explanation epistemic conception of explanation nature of explanation norms of explanation
Online Access:	https://zfn.edu.pl/index.php/zfn/article/view/690

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