Depth: an account of scientific explanation
Auteur :
Strevens, Michael
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674062573
Date de publication :
30 sept. 2011
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Strevens proposes a novel theory of scientific explanation and understanding that overhauls and augments the familiar causal approach to explanation. The result is an account of explanation that has especially significant consequences for the higher-level sciences: biology, psychology, economics, and other social sciences.