The nature of explanation - Achinstein, Peter (New York : Oxford University Press, 1983)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Explanation; Netherlands -- History -- Eighty Years' War, 1568-1648.; Netherlands -- History -- 1648-1714.