Explicationist Epistemology and the Explanatory Role of Knowledge
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DOI: 10.1007/s10838-020-09520-8
Abstract: It has been argued that much of contemporary epistemology can be unified under Carnap’s methodology of explication, which originated in the neighboring field of philosophy of science. However, it is unclear to what extent epistemological… read more here.
Keywords: explanatory role; philosophy; epistemology; role knowledge ... See more keywords
Grounding and the explanatory role of generalizations
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DOI: 10.1007/s11098-017-0946-x
Abstract: According to Hempel’s (Aspects of scientific explanation and other essays. The Free Press, New York, 1965) influential theory of explanation, explaining why some a is G consists in showing that the truth that a is… read more here.
Keywords: role generalizations; explanatory role; role; grounding explanatory ... See more keywords