Explaining Explanation: Essays in the Philosophy of the Special Sciences
Lee McIntyre
(Author)
Description
This book is a collection of Lee McIntyre's philosophical essays from over the last twenty years. Explaining Explanation focuses on the philosophy of social science and the philosophy of chemistry, but also covers more general problems such as underdetermination, explanatory exclusion, the accommodation-prediction debate, and laws in biological science.Product Details
Price
$57.59
Publisher
University Press of America
Publish Date
April 19, 2012
Pages
223
Dimensions
5.9 X 8.9 X 0.7 inches | 0.85 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780761858690
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About the Author
Lee McIntyre is a research fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and a lecturer in philosophy at Simmons College. He is the author of Laws and Explanation in the Social Sciences (Westview Press, 1996) and Dark Ages: The Case for a Science of Human Behavior (MIT Press, 2006).
Reviews
Brilliantly arguing against the nearly universal acceptance of the superiority of explanations in physics, McIntyre makes the strongest case yet for the importance of the special sciences.--Michael Martin, professor emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Boston University
Lee McIntyre's new collection of papers shows that he is not afraid to swim against the academic tide regardless of whether he is discussing the nature of predictions, supervenience, whether there are laws in the social sciences, or making original contributions to the emerging field of philosophy of chemistry. This book will be of interest to all philosophers of science and philosophers in general.--Eric Scerri, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, and author of The Periodic Table, Its Story and Its Significance
Lee McIntyre's new collection of papers shows that he is not afraid to swim against the academic tide regardless of whether he is discussing the nature of predictions, supervenience, whether there are laws in the social sciences, or making original contributions to the emerging field of philosophy of chemistry. This book will be of interest to all philosophers of science and philosophers in general.--Eric Scerri, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, and author of The Periodic Table, Its Story and Its Significance
