Woodward, James (2016) Unificationism, Explanatory Internalism, and Autonomy. The Philosophy of Philip Kitcher.
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Abstract
This article explores some issues associated with Philip Kitcher's unificationist theory of explanation, including the contrast between epistemic and ontic approaches to explanation, and the implications of Kitcher’s theory for the autonomy of the special sciences
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Keywords: | Philip Kitcher, Unificationism, autonomy of the special sciences | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation |
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Depositing User: | Jim Woodward | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2016 15:14 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2016 15:14 | ||||||
Item ID: | 12630 | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The Philosophy of Philip Kitcher | ||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation |
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Date: | 14 November 2016 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12630 |
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