SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION AND THE LIFE-WORLD: 
A BIOGENETIC STRUCTURAL THEORY OF MEANING AND CAUSATION

by

Charles D. Laughlin

This page offers you the complete monograph that I wrote for the Institute of Noetic Sciences back in the early 1990s.  It is available here in .rtf format.  Any reference you make to this piece should be as follows: Laughlin, Charles D. 1992. Scientific Explanation and the Life-World: A Biogenetic Structural Theory of Meaning and Causation . IONS Report CP-2, Sausalito, CA: Institute of Noetic Sciences.

Chapter 1: Introduction: Causation and Meaning in the Life-World

Chapter 2: The Cognized and Operational Environments

Chapter 3: Belief, Evidence and the Cycle of Meaning

Chapter 4: Scientific Explanation and Causation

Chapter 5: Conclusion: Can Science Inform the Life-World?

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