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ChapterWhat Good is an Explanation?

Peter Lipton2001

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What Good is an Explanation?

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Philosophy and History of Science Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics Philosophy, Science, and History

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1966Aspects of Scientific Explanation.2003Inference to the Best Explanation 1955An Inquiry concerning human understanding 1974Explanation and Scientific Understanding 2006Four Decades of Scientific Explanation 1777An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 1989Explanatory unification and the causal structure of the world 1998Causality and Explanation

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