Thought. by Harman, Gilbert

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Coherence in spontaneous text

Table of Contents: “…Sanford and Linda M. Moxey -- Explanatory coherence in understanding and talking about events / Tom Trabasso, Soyoung Suh and Paula Payton -- Improving coherence in written communication / Matthew J. …”
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The cognitive science of science : explanation, discovery, and conceptual change by Thagard, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Coherence, Truth, and the Development of Scientific KnowledgeIntroduction; The Relation between Coherence and Truth; Explanatory Coherence; The Pessimistic Induction; Whewell ' s Overoptimistic Induction; Deepening and the Cautiously Optimistic Induction; Mechanisms and Explanation; Approximate Truth; Deepening the Deepening Maxim; Conclusion; Part III. …”
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Other minds : how humans bridge the divide between self and others

Table of Contents: “…Reeder, David Trafimow. Explanatory coherence and goal-based knowledge structures in making dispositional inferences / Stephen J. …”
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Interpretive Approaches to Research Design : Concepts and Processes. by Yanow, Dvora

Table of Contents: “…Checking Researcher Sense-Making during Data Generation and AnalysisChecking Researcher Sense-Making through "Member- Checking"; Doubt, Trustworthiness, and Explanatory Coherence; "Researcher Contamination" and "Bias" Revisited; Summing Up; 7 Design in Context: From the Human Side of Research to Writing Research Manuscripts; The Body in the Field: Emotions, Sexuality, Wheelchairedness, and Other Human Realities; Interpretive Research and Human Subjects Protections Review; Data Archiving and Replicability; Writing Research Designs and Manuscripts; 8 Speaking across Epistemic Communities.…”
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