Rethinking Explanation

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This book highlights some of the conceptual problems that still need to be solved and points out a number of fresh philosophical ideas to explore.

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Assessing the explanatory power of causal explanations.Erik Weber & Jeroen Van Bouwel
Explanations are about concepts and concept formation.Ylikoski Petri
Ibe and ebi: On explanation before inference.Ylikoski Petri
Explanations are about concepts and concept formation.  (pages 3--11)Bengt Hansson
What to ask of an explanation-theory.  (pages 13--26)Henrik Hållsten
The Idea of Contrastive Explanandum.  (pages 27--42)Petri Ylikoski
The pragmatic-rhetorical theory of explanation.  (pages 43--68)Jan Faye
Causal explanation provides knowledge why.  (pages 69--92)Olav Gjelsvik
Causal explanation and manipulation.  (pages 93--107)Stathis Psillos
Some notes on unificationism and probabilistic explanation.  (pages 119--128)Rebecca Schweder
Selection and explanation.  (pages 131--136)Alexander Bird
Ibe and ebi: On explanation before inference.  (pages 137--147)Johannes Persson
Explaining with equilibria68.  (pages 149--162)Jaakko Kuorikoski
Explanation and environment: the case of psychology.  (pages 163--175)Annika Wallin
Biological notions of innateness and explanation of language acquisition.  (pages 177--192)Mika Kiikeri & Tomi Kokkonen
Aspect kinds.  (pages 193--203)Robin Stenwall
IBE and EBI: on explanation before inference.  (pages 252--137)Johannes Persson

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Dissecting explanatory power.Petri Ylikoski & Jaakko Kuorikoski - 2010 - Philosophical Studies 148 (2):201–219.
Two Kinds of Causal Explanation.George Botterill - 2010 - Theoria 76 (4):287-313.

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Ibe and ebi: On explanation before inference.Johannes Persson - 2007 - In Johannes Persson & Petri Ylikoski, Rethinking Explanation. Springer. pp. 137--147.

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