The metaphorical conception of scientific explanation: Rereading Mary Hesse
Rentetzi M (2005)
Publication Type: Journal article, Review article
Publication year: 2005
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Book Volume: 36
Pages Range: 377-391
Journal Issue: 2
DOI: 10.1007/s10838-006-0091-2
Abstract
In 1997, five decades after the publication of the landmark Hempel-Oppenheim article "Studies in the Logic of Explanation"([1948], 1970) Wesley Salmon published Causality and Explanation, a book that re-addresses the issue of scientific explanation. He provided an overview of the basic approaches to scientific explanation, stressed their weaknesses, and offered novel insights. However, he failed to mention Mary Hesse's approach to the topic and analyze her standpoint. This essay brings front and center Hesse's approach to scientific explanation formulated in the 1960s and argues that rereading Hesse's account one can overcome the criticisms addressed towards another influential theory of explanation that of Bas van Fraassen's. Furthermore, it could bring the traditional philosophy of science into a fruitful conversation with science and technology studies and gender studies in science, technology and medicine. © Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2006.
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APA:
Rentetzi, M. (2005). The metaphorical conception of scientific explanation: Rereading Mary Hesse. Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 36(2), 377-391. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10838-006-0091-2
MLA:
Rentetzi, Maria. "The metaphorical conception of scientific explanation: Rereading Mary Hesse." Journal for General Philosophy of Science 36.2 (2005): 377-391.
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