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dc.contributorDepartment of Computing-
dc.creatorLuk, RWP-
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-15T07:35:29Z-
dc.date.available2024-04-15T07:35:29Z-
dc.identifier.issn1233-1821-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10397/105623-
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Dordrechten_US
dc.rights© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2017en_US
dc.rightsThis 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.en_US
dc.subjectExplanationen_US
dc.subjectPhilosophy of scienceen_US
dc.subjectPredictionen_US
dc.subjectScientific knowledgeen_US
dc.titleTo explain or to predict : which one is mandatory?en_US
dc.typeJournal/Magazine Articleen_US
dc.identifier.spage411-
dc.identifier.epage414-
dc.identifier.volume23-
dc.identifier.issue2-
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10699-017-9533-z-
dcterms.abstractRecently, 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.-
dcterms.accessRightsopen accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationFoundations of science, June 2018, v. 23, no. 2, p. 411-414-
dcterms.isPartOfFoundations of science-
dcterms.issued2018-02-
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dc.identifier.eissn1572-8471-
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dc.description.oaAccepted Manuscripten_US
dc.identifier.FolderNumberCOMP-0914en_US
dc.description.fundingSourceSelf-fundeden_US
dc.description.pubStatusPublisheden_US
dc.identifier.OPUS6980893en_US
dc.description.oaCategoryGreen (AAM)en_US
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