Scientific explanation : papers based on Herbert Spencer lectures given in the University of Oxford / edited by A.F. Heath.

Oxford : Clarendon, 1981.

x, 123 pages ; 23 cm.

Thematic presuppositions and the direction of scientific advance / Gerald Holton.--The nature of the "ultimate" explanation in physics / Abdus Salam.--Rationality in science / Henry Harris.--True believers : the intentional strategy and why it works / Daniel C. Dennett.--Non-corporeal explanation in psychology / Donald E. Broadbent.--Philosophers and human understanding / H. Putnam.

Includes bibliographic references and index