Contemporary Trends in Scientific Explanation

The Book is a philosophical analysis of scientific explanation. It deals with the nature and types of scientific explanation in natural, social and historical sciences. Thus, it analysis the Deductive-Nomological Model and Probabilistic explanation, Functional and Teleological explanation and last but not the least, the Genetic explanation. It compares explanation in natural and social sciences. It examines the relationship between explanation and prediction.

The present book is a welcome addition to the too meager literature produced on this subject in India. The author has shown immense capacity of logical analysis, scientific understanding and philosophical synthesis. This book must find a place on the desk of all teachers and students of philosophy of science.