In:Coherence
T. Givón
[Not in series 230] 2020
► pp. 181–212
Chapter 8The coherence of organized science
Published online: 15 October 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.230.c8
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.230.c8
Article outline
- 8.1The scientist vs. the organism
- 8.2Reductionist extremes in the philosophy of science
- 8.2.1Preamble
- 8.2.2Deductivist accounts
- 8.2.3Inductivist accounts
- 8.3Pragmatics in empirical science
- 8.3.1Preamble
- 8.3.2Theory-laden facts
- 8.3.3Abductive inference
- 8.3.4Role of the three inference types in the empirical cycle
- 8.4Explanation as contextual coherence
- 8.4.1Deductive ‘explanations’
- 8.4.2The pragmatics of explanation
- 8.5Causal explanation
- 8.5.1Preamble
- 8.5.2The ontology of causation
- 8.5.2.1From temporal order to logical conditionality
- 8.5.2.2From conditionality to causality
- 8.5.2.3From causality to agency
- 8.5.2.4Volitional motion, purposive action and agency
- 8.6Functional explanation
- 8.7Closure
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