Explanation as Unification

Parmi les modeles d'explication pragmatiques et dynamiques, fondes sur les episodes question-reponse, l'A. distingue differents types d'explication: les explications de la question pourquoi?, les explications des evenements singuliers et les explications des lois. Au-dela des paradigmes locaux que sont l'anticipation nomique (expectability) et la causalite, l'A. avance et defend le paradigme de l'explication en tant qu'unification ou coherence, synonyme d'assimilation heuristique.

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