Depth: An Account of Scientific Explanation
Depth is my new book on scientific explanation, released in November 2008. It presents the kairetic account
– a kind of supercharged causal theory of explanation, designed to make some sense out of explanation in many of 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
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