The nature of explanation /

Achinstein, Peter.

The nature of explanation / Peter Achinstein. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1983. - ix, 385 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Explaining -- What Is an Explanation? -- The Evaluation of Explanations -- Can There Be a Model of Scientific Explanation? -- The Causal Relation -- Causal Explanation -- Functional Explanation -- The Limits of Explanation -- Evidence and Explanation.

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Netherlands--History--Eighty Years' War, 1568-1648.
Netherlands--History--1648-1714.

BD237 / .A25 1983

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