Weber, Erik and Van Bouwel, Jeroen and Lefevere, Merel (2010) The Role of Unification in Explanations of Facts. In: [2009] EPSA09: 2nd Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association (Amsterdam, 21-24 October, 2009) > EPSA 2009 Contributed Papers.
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Abstract
In the literature on scientific explanation, there is a classical distinction between explanations of facts and explanations of laws. This paper is about explanations of facts. Our aim is to analyse the role of unification in explanations of this kind. We discuss five positions with respect to this role, argue for two of them and refute the three others.
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| Keywords: | Aim of explanation, causation, explanatory virtues, unification. |
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation |
| Conferences and Volumes: | [2009] EPSA09: 2nd Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association (Amsterdam, 21-24 October, 2009) > EPSA 2009 Contributed Papers |
| Depositing User: | Erik Weber |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2010 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 11:19 |
| Item ID: | 5220 |
| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/5220 |
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