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1	Making Things Happen: A Theory of Causal Explanation more books like this by James Woodward add to wishlist Woodward's long awaited book is an attempt to construct a comprehensive account of causation explanation that applies to a wide variety of causal and explanatory claims in different areas of science and everyday life. The book engages some of the relevant literature from other disciplines, as Woodward weaves together examples, counterexamples, ... see all copies from £14.46! new only from £17.99!
2	How to Map Arguments in Political Science more books like this by Craig Parsons add to wishlist To venture into explanation of political action we need some map of our basic options: what kinds of explanations are out there? Even advanced students and scholars can find the landscape difficult to chart. We confront a bewildering maze of partial typologies, contrasting uses of terms, and debate over what counts as explanation. This book makes ... see all copies from £15.29! new only from £16.19!
3	Inference to the Best Explanation more books like this by Peter Lipton add to wishlist How do we go about weighing evidence, testing hypotheses, and making inferences? According to this work, we infer the hypothesis that would, if correct, provide the best explanation of the available evidence. Articulating the model of "Inference to the Best Explanation" requires an account of what makes one explanation better than another. Lipton ... see all copies from £21.57! new only from £21.57! \| first editions
4	Causality and Explanation more books like this by Wesley C Salmon add to wishlist Renowned for his scholarly contributions to the philosophy of science, this volume brings together twenty-six of Salmon's essays on subjects related to causality and explanation, written over the period 1971-1995. Six of the essays have never been published before and many others have only appeared in obscure venues. It includes a section of ... see all copies from £32.25! new only from £41.60!
5	Lexical and Constructional Aspects of Linguistic Explanation more books like this by Gert Webelhuth (Editor), Andreas Kathol (Editor), Jean-Pierre Koenig (Editor) add to wishlist This anthology draws together leading linguists, logicians, and computer scientists working on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar and Construction Grammar. Covering a wide array of linguistic topics and languages, the papers in this book document the singular ability of lexicalist theories of grammar to provide analyses which combine the ... see all copies from £14.94! new only from £19.04!
6	Why? more books like this by Charles Tilly, Ph.D. add to wishlist "Why?" is a book about the explanations we give and how we give them - a fascinating look at the way the reasons we offer every day are dictated by, and help constitute, social relationships. Written in an easy-to-read style by distinguished social historian Charles Tilly, the book explores the manner in which people claim, establish, negotiate, ... see all copies from £8.12! new only from £10.73!
7	Explaining Human Action more books like this by Kathleen Lennon add to wishlist Kathleen Lennon provides a new approach to the philosophy of action, showing how "reasons" fit into the casual framework of the world, while defending their autonomy. She disputes the rapidly-congealing orthodoxy which maintains that explanations according to intentional states cannot be casual explanations. see all copies from £5.07! new only from £8.69! \| first editions
8	The Official Rules and Explanations: The Original Guide to Surviving the Electronic Age with Wit, Wisdom, and Laughter more books like this by Paul Dickson (Compiled by), Kenneth Tiews (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from £5.43! new only from £6.29! \| first editions
9	Inside Case-Based Explanation more books like this by Roger C Schank (Editor), Alex Kass (Editor), Christopher K Riesbeck (Editor) add to wishlist Using a case-based approach, this volume focuses on constructing explanations. All chapters relate to the problem of building computer programs that can develop hypotheses about what might have caused an observed event, an ability that is a hallmark of human intelligence. see all copies from £8.79! new only from £8.79! \| first editions
10	Wittgenstein on Freud and Frazer more books like this by Frank Cioffi add to wishlist What is it that troubles and preoccupies us about the anxieties and anguishes of social and private life? Have advances in the disciplines of psychoanalysis, psychology or the social sciences in general ministered to our needs in these areas? In this forcefully argued collection of essays, Frank Cioffi examines Wittgenstein's reflections on the ... see all copies from £15.48! new only from £24.48! \| first editions
11	The Devil in the Details: Asymptotic Reasoning in Explanation, Reduction, and Emergence more books like this by Robert W Batterman add to wishlist The author examines a form of scientific reasoning called asymptotic reasoning, which he argues has important consequences for our understanding of the scientific process as a whole. He argues that asymptotic reasoning is essential for explaining what physicists call universal behaviour: in this type of reasoning, a scientific observer may choose ... see all copies from £16.30! new only from £17.59!
12 view cover	Nature of Explanation more books like this by Professor Peter Achinstein add to wishlist A new approach to the definition of scientific explanation. Unlike standard theories, it focuses initially on the explaining act itself, to which reference must be made in order to understand what an explanation is and how it can be evaluated in the sciences. see all copies from £6.20! new only from £22.47! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program more books like this by Samuel David Epstein (Editor), T Daniel Seely (Editor), Daniel Seely add to wishlist Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program presents accessible, cutting-edge research on an enduring and fundamental question confronting all linguistic inquiry - the respective roles of derivation and representation.The volume explores ways in which the Minimalist perspective on transformational rules and their iterative application ... see all copies from £25.68! new only from £25.68!
14 view cover	Explaining and Arguing: The Social Organization of Accounts more books like this by Dr. Charles Antaki add to wishlist Explanations identify causes, back up claims and justify actions. Social scientists study them because they reveal how people understand and construct their worlds. This stimulating book offers a critical review of the major approaches to the study of everyday explaining and arguing. Using concrete examples to illuminate the range of contemporary ... see all copies from £21.88! new only from £21.88!
15 view cover	Wittgenstein on Rules and Nature more books like this by Keith Dromm add to wishlist This book offers an original reading of Wittgenstein's views on such topics as radical scepticism, the first- and third-person asymmetry of mental talk, Cartesianism, and rule-following.The celebrated 20th century philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, developed an interest in his later career in natural forms of behaviour and the role they play in our ... see all copies from £27.16! new only from £56.87!
16 view cover	Explanations: Styles of Explanation in Science more books like this by John Cornwell (Editor) add to wishlist Our lives, states of health, relationships, behaviour, experiences of the natural world, and the technologies that shape our contemporary existence are subject to a superfluity of competing, multi-faceted and sometimes incompatible explanations. Widespread confusion about the nature of 'explanation' and its scope and limits pervades popular ... see all copies from £13.55! new only from £15.28! \| first editions
17 view cover	Explanation and Cognition more books like this by Frank C Keil (Editor), Robert Anton Wilson (Editor) add to wishlist Explanations seem to be a large and natural part of our cognitive lives. As Frank Keil and Robert Wilson write, "When a cognitive activity is so ubiquitous that it is expressed both in a preschooler's idle questions and in work that is the culmination of decades of scholarly effort, one has to ask whether we really have one and the same phenomenon ... see all copies from £12.10! new only from £12.26!
18 view cover	Causation and Explanation more books like this by Joseph Keim Campbell (Editor), Michael O'Rourke (Editor), Harry S Silverstein (Editor) add to wishlist In this book, leading scholars discuss the development and application of theories of causation and explanation, offering a state-of-the-art view of current work on these two topics. This collection of original essays on the topics of causation and explanation offers readers a state-of-the-art view of current work in these areas. The book is ... see all copies from £19.69! new only from £20.23!
19 view cover	Linguistic Structure and Change: An Explanation from Language Processing more books like this by Thomas Berg add to wishlist Thomas Berg challenges context-free theories of linguistics; he is concerned with the way the term 'explanation' is typically used in the discipline. He argues that real explanations cannot emerge from a view which asserts the autonomy of language, but only from an approach which seeks to establish a connection between language and the contexts in ... see all copies from £16.54! new only from £39.35! \| first editions
20 view cover	Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist more books like this by Samuel Epstein (Editor), T Daniel Seely (Editor), Daniel Seely add to wishlist Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program presents accessible, cutting-edge research on an enduring and fundamental question confronting all linguistic inquiry - the respective roles of derivation and representation.The volume explores ways in which the Minimalist perspective on transformational rules and their iterative application ... see all copies from £24.43! new only from £78.04!
21 view cover	Theories of Explanation more books like this by Bertram Pitt, Joseph C Pitt (Editor) add to wishlist Since the publication of Carl Hempel and Paul Oppenheim's pioneering work Studies in the Logic of Explanation , the theory of explanation has remained a major topic in the philosophy of science. This volume makes available some of the classic essays on the theory of explanation along with the best examples of the most recent work on the subject. ... see all copies from £10.56! new only from £25.94! \| first editions
22	Explanation and Its Limits more books like this by Dudley Knowles add to wishlist This collection of new essays explores the nature of explanation and causality. It provides a stimulating and wide ranging debate on one of the central issues that has concerned philosophers and scientists alike - the epistemological nature of their enquiries. The volume not only sheds light on some of the general questions involved, but also ... see all copies from £13.18! new only from £18.33! \| first editions
23 view cover	Adjectives, Number and Interfaces: Why Languages Vary more books like this by Denis Bouchard add to wishlist A study of why languages vary the way they do in the domain of adjectival modification in French as contrasted with other Indo-European languages (English, Celtic, Walloon, Romanian, Italian). Rejecting previous well-known analyses in terms of syntactic movement to various functional heads, the author proposes a model in which external properties ... see all copies from £62.92! new only from £62.92!
24 view cover	Learning Search Control Knowledge, an Explanation-Based Approach more books like this by Steven Minton add to wishlist see all copies from £79.32! new only from £79.32! \| first editions
25 view cover	Cause and Explanation in Ancient Greek Thought more books like this by R J Hankinson add to wishlist R. J. Hankinson traces the history of ancient Greek thinking about causation and explanation, from its earliest beginnings around 600 BC through to the middle of the first millennium of the Christian era. The ancient Greeks were the first Western civilization to subject the ideas of cause and explanation to rigorous and detailed analysis, and to ... see all copies from £37.73! new only from £37.73!

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