Depth: An Account of Scientific Explanation
Depth proposes the kairetic account
of scientific explanation – a kind of supercharged causal theory, designed to provide a unified treatment of the many forms that explanation takes in the special sciences.
More Information
- For the one-page summary, read the official blurb
- Even better, take a look at three interesting theses in Depth
- Or for a more complete picture, I've posted a chapter summary
- And also the preface (PDF)
Relevant Online Papers
A paper that presents some of the main ideas behind the kairetic account of explanation
The precis and replies from a PPR symposium on Depth
A paper that presents the new explanatory relation of entanglement
A talk on idealization in explanation
External Links
Depth is now available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble etc.
Depth's Harvard University Press page