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Explanation mining
… we propose the idea of computational analysis of explanations. Explanations are used to provide an understanding of a concept, procedure or reasoning to others. Although explanations are present online ubiquitously within textbooks, videos, blogposts, discussion forums, and many more, there is no …
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Explanation of independence
An axiomatic treatment of `independence relations' (notions of independence) for complete first-order theories is presented, the principal examples being forking (due to Shelah) and thorn-forking (due to Onshuus). Thorn-forking is characterised in terms of modular pairs in the lattice of …
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Explanation in metaphysics.
… the case, of identifying what I call ontological explanations, is of special importance to metaphysics, since the task of metaphysics generally is to get to the bottom of reality. The concept of ontological explanation is usually buried a layer deep in most discussions, however, and theses about …
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Truth in explanation
My thesis consists of three papers on truth and explanations in science. Broadly, the question I ask is semantic. Should the best account of certain bits of our scientific practice focus on the concept of truth? More specifically, should the crucial distinctions between good and bad aspects of that …
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Explanation for the cognitively bounded : psychology and the pragmatics of explanation /
… REQUEST.] People consume, construct, and desire explanations. When our cars break down, hear strange noises in our homes, or a machine won't work, we want to know why those events happened. Moreover, formulating explanations is thought to be a chief concern of science. But what makes something an …
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Platonic Modes of Explanation
<p>In Platonic Modes of Explanation, I examine Plato's treatment of Form, matter, and telos in his theory of explanation. To focus my investigation of Plato's theory, I adopt an unorthodox approach: that of using Aristotle's critical discussions as a touchstone for developing an interpretation of …
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Explanation-Based Feature Construction
… training examples. These goals are realized with Explanation-Based Learning (EBL). The EBL paradigm provides the necessary bridge between domain knowledge and the training examples, which allows us to design solutions that are conceptually well-formed and work for the right reason. The ideas of …
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Explanation for defeasible entailment
Explanation facilities are an essential part of tools for knowledge representation and reasoning systems. Knowledge representation and reasoning systems allow users to capture information about the world and reason about it. They are useful in understanding entailments which allow users to derive …
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Chance, indeterminacy, and explanation
… the first chapter, "Chance, Indeterminacy, and Explanation", I argue against the common and influential view that chances are those probabilities that arise when the fundamental laws are indeterministic. The problem with this view, I claim, is not that it conflicts with some antecedently …
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Content and psychological explanation
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1988.
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Probability, explanation, and reasoning
… concerning the application probability and explanation to the confirmation of theories. The first concerns the debate over prediction versus accommodation. I argue that we typically have reason to be more confident of a theory given that it was constructed independently of the knowledge of …
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Essence, Explanation and Kind-membership
… dissertation centers on questions about essence, explanation and kind-membership. In the first chapter, I examine a recent proposal which suggests that we define ontological dependence in terms of essence. Compared with the modal definition of ontological dependence, the essentialist definition …
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Interpretation and explanation in psychoanalysis
By exploring the logical status of the psychoanalytic object of investigation, the compromise-formation, this dissertation suggests that although Freud's defence of Psychoanalysis as a natural science has been legitimately rejected as problematic, the reconstrual of Psychoanalysis as an …
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Automated Failure Explanation Through Execution Comparison
… developers must build an understanding or explanation of the bug and how the bug flows through a program. The effort that developers must put into building this explanation is costly and laborious. Thus, developers need tools that can assist them in explaining the behavior of bugs. Dynamic …
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Reliable Anomaly Detection with Explanation and Feedback
… three core building blocks: detection, explanation, and feedback. First, we present PAC-Wrap, a detection module that augments existing anomaly detectors with two-sided statistical guarantees on both the false positive rate (FPR) and the false negative rate (FNR). Second, we introduce …
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A Structural Explanation for Anti-Immigrant Sentiment
… hostility toward the out-group. In A Structural Explanation for Anti-immigrant Sentiment, I challenge these three claims and propose a novel approach to the sociological understanding of inter-ethnic contention. My explanation for anti-immigrant sentiment builds upon prevailing theories within …
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Causation and Explanation in Molecular Developmental Biology
… revolve around two central themes: causation and explanation. Chapter Two identifies a particular type of causal relation which is widespread across the sciences, but cannot be straightforwardly accommodated by extant accounts of causation and causal explanation. Chapter Three explores how the …
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Psychology and the Explanation of Political Behavior
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