Unification and Explanation: Explanation as a Prototype Concept. A Reply to Weber and van Dyck, Gijsberg, and de Regt
<em></em>In this paper I investigate unification as a virtue of explanation. I the first part of the paper (sec. 1-2) I give a brief exposition of the unification account of Schurz and Lambert (1994) and Schurz (1999). I illustrate the advantages of this account in comparison to the olde...
Main Author: | Gerhard Schurz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of the Basque Country
2014-02-01
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Series: | Theoria |
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Online Access: | http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/8729 |
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