Conjunctive explanations : the nature, epistemology, and psychology of explanatory multiplicity /: the nature, epistemology, and psychology of explanatory multiplicity. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jonah N. Schupbach, David H. Glass.
• Editors: Schupbach, Jonah N; Glass, David H
• Contents: Introduction Jonah N. Schupbach and David H. Glass Part 1: The Nature of Conjunctive Explanations 1. The Intricate Conjunction, Coexistence, Competition and Cooperation between Functional and Mechanistic Explanations Frank C. Keil 2. Multiple Patterns, Multiple Explanations Steve Petersen 3. Individual and Structural Explanation in Scientific and Folk Economics Samuel G. B. Johnson and Michiru Nagatsu Part 2: Reasoning about Conjunctive Explanations 4. The Role of Explanation in Epistemic Evaluation: Comparative vs. Non-Comparative Tomoji Shogenji 5. Conjunctive Explanations: A Coherentist Appraisal Stephan Hartmann and Borut Trpin 6. Conjunctive Explanation: Is the Explanatory Gain Worth the Cost? David H. Glass and Jonah N. Schupbach 7. On the Mutual Exclusivity of Competing Hypotheses Leah Henderson Part 3: The Psychology of Conjunctive Explanations 8. Best Explanations, Natural Concepts, and Optimal Design Igor Douven 9. Scientific and Religious Explanations, Together and Apart Telli Davoodi and Tania Lombrozo 10. When Competing Explanations Converge: Coronavirus as a Case Study for Why Scientific Explanations Coexist with Folk Explanations Andrew Shtulman
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 121.6; Explanation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000884098; 9781000884074
• Related ISBNs: 9781032006772
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