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Explanations are like salted peanuts. Why you can't cut the route toward further reduction.

Cohnitz, Daniel (2002) Explanations are like salted peanuts. Why you can't cut the route toward further reduction. .

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Abstract

This paper is a defense of an elaborated ideal explanatory text conception against criticism as put forward by Bob Batterman. It is argued that Batterman's critique of "philosophical" accounts of scientific explanation is inadequate.

Commentary on:Batterman, Robert (2004) Response to Belot's "Whose Devil? Which Details?".
EPrint Type:Other
Keywords:explanation, ideal text, Batterman, reduction
Subjects:General Issues: Explanation
ID Code:1690
Deposited By:Cohnitz, Daniel
Deposited On:30 March 2004
Additional Information:Although the argument is directed against Batterman's earlier papers, it applies to "The Devil in the Details" as well.
Alternative Locations:http://www.gap-im-netz.de/gap4Konf/Proceedings4/pdf/6%20Wt03%20Cohnitz.pdf

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