Introduction
1. Two Styles of Explanation: Interpretation and Inquiry
Interpretation
Inquiry
Different Tasks
Perspective
Contrary Responses: An Example
Mixed Modes
Applications
Values
Morality
Politics
2. Interpretation: Self and Society
Origin and Context
Distortion
Emotion
Assumptions for a Taxonomy
Stories
Socialized Interpretations
Eliding Fact and Value
Magic, Myth, and Metaphor
Faith and Fantasy
Philosophic Rationales
Tolerance
3. Inquiry: Practical Life and Science
Context and Objectives
Meaning
Truth
Animadversions
Engaging Other People and Things
Aims
Ideals
A Choice
4. A Disputed Question
Ontological Alternatives
The Dialectic of Untestable Ideas
Reconciliation
5. Imagination
Construction
Construction Rules
Variation
Discipline
6. Leading Principles
Priority
Precedents
Use
An Inventory of Leading Principles
Values
When Practical Life and Science Disagree
Categorial Form
Afterword
Notes
Index