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In this collection of essays, Bromberger explores the centrality of questions and predicaments they create in scientific research. He discusses the nature of explanation, theory, and the foundations of linguistics.

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Introduction 1: An Approach to Explanation 2: A Theory about the Theory of Theory and about the Theory of Theories 3: Why-Questions 4: Questions 5: Science and the Forms of Ignorance 6: Rational Ignorance 7: What We Don't Know When We Don't Know Why 8: Types and Tokens in Linguistics 9: The Ontology of Phonology Sylvain Bromberger, Morris Halle. Bibliography

On What we Know we Dont Know Explanation Theory

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226075396, 978-0226075396
      ISBN10: 0226075397

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this collection of essays, Bromberger explores the centrality of questions and predicaments they create in scientific research. He discusses the nature of explanation, theory, and the foundations of linguistics.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction 1: An Approach to Explanation 2: A Theory about the Theory of Theory and about the Theory of Theories 3: Why-Questions 4: Questions 5: Science and the Forms of Ignorance 6: Rational Ignorance 7: What We Don't Know When We Don't Know Why 8: Types and Tokens in Linguistics 9: The Ontology of Phonology Sylvain Bromberger, Morris Halle. Bibliography

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