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| Title: | To explain or to predict : which one is mandatory? | Authors: | Luk, RWP | Issue Date: | Feb-2018 | Source: | Foundations of science, June 2018, v. 23, no. 2, p. 411-414 | Abstract: | Recently, Luk mentioned that scientific knowledge both explains and predicts. Do these two functions of scientific knowledge have equal significance, or is one of the two functions more important than the other? This commentary explains why prediction may be mandatory but explanation (based intuitively on our everyday experience) may be only desirable and optional. | Keywords: | Explanation Philosophy of science Prediction Scientific knowledge |
Publisher: | Springer Dordrecht | Journal: | Foundations of science | ISSN: | 1233-1821 | EISSN: | 1572-8471 | DOI: | 10.1007/s10699-017-9533-z | Rights: | © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2017 This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use(https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/policies/accepted-manuscript-terms), but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10699-017-9533-z. |
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