There has recently been a surge of work in explanatory artificial intelligence (XAI). This
research area tackles the important problem that complex machines and algorithms often …

Over the past decade, there has been a surge of empirical research investigating mental
disorders as complex systems. In this article, we investigate how to best make use of this …

This is the first extended discussion of preferred interpretation in language understanding,
integrating much of the best research in linguistic pragmatics from the last two decades …

Science depends on judgments of the bearing of evidence on theory. Scientists must judge
whether an observation or the result of an experiment supports, disconfirms, or is simply …

Two psychologists, a computer scientist, and a philosopher have collaborated to present a
framework for understanding processes of inductive reasoning and learning in organisms …

Drawing on the philosophy of psychological explanation, we suggest that psychological
science, by focusing on effects, may lose sight of its primary explananda: psychological …

Why did Christianity begin, and why did it take the shape it did? To answer this question--
which any historian must face--renowned New Testament scholar NT Wright focuses on the …

In arguably his most important book to date, Hodgson calls into question the tendency of
economic method to try and explain all economic phenomena by using the same catch-all …

As Aristotle stated, scientific explanation is based on deductive argument--yet, Wesley C.
Salmon points out, not all deductive arguments are qualified explanations. The validity of the …

In Taking Morality Seriously: A Defense of Robust Realism David Enoch develops, argues
for, and defends a strongly realist and objectivist view of ethics and normativity more …