{"product_id":"explanatory-pluralism-paperback-9781107576322","title":"Explanatory Pluralism (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107576322","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eExplanatory Pluralism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book proposes a new philosophical theory of scientific explanation by developing and defending the position of explanatory pluralism.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eC. Mantzavinos (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107576322, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 March 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e235 pages, 12 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 1.4 cm, 0.37 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… an important antidote to the ontic conception of explanation that has recently plagued philosophy of science. … [It] refocuses the debate so as to highlight the cognitive and social elements of explanatory activity; it is an important and welcome addition to the literature.' Alexander Beard and Cory Wright, Analysis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eExplaining phenomena is one of the main activities in which scientists engage. This book proposes a new philosophical theory of scientific explanation by developing and defending the position of explanatory pluralism with the help of the notion of 'explanatory games'. Mantzavinos provides a descriptive account of the explanatory activity of scientists in different domains and shows how they differ from commonsensical explanations offered in everyday life by ordinary people and also from explanations offered in religious contexts. He also shows how an evaluation and a critical appraisal of explanations put forward in different social arenas can take place on the basis of different values. Explanatory Pluralism provides solutions to all important descriptive and normative problems of the philosophical theory of explanation as illustrated in sophisticated case studies from economics and medicine, but also from mythology and religion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The wrong question: what is an explanation?\u003cbr\u003e 3. A brief outlook on the social sciences\u003cbr\u003e 4. Towards explanatory pluralism\u003cbr\u003e 5. The explanatory enterprise\u003cbr\u003e 6. The rules of the explanatory game\u003cbr\u003e 7. The plurality of explanatory games\u003cbr\u003e 8. Explanatory activity as problem solving activity\u003cbr\u003e 9. Explanatory rules as shared rules\u003cbr\u003e 10. Normative appraisal: a procedural conception\u003cbr\u003e 11. Explanatory methodology as technology\u003cbr\u003e 12. Epilogue.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social research \u0026amp; statistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social research \u0026amp; statistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20research%20\u0026amp;%20statistics%20%5BJHBC%5D%22\"\u003eJHBC\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e], Research methods: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Research methods: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Research%20methods:%20general%20%5BGPS%5D%22\"\u003eGPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005416952088,"sku":"9781107576322","price":27.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107576322i.jpg?v=1696766359","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/explanatory-pluralism-paperback-9781107576322","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}