Theories of explanation /

Theories of explanation / edited by Joseph C. Pitt - New York, Oxford University Press, 1988 - 222 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references

Studies in the logic of explanation / Carl G. Hempel and Paul Oppenheim -- Explanations, predictions and laws / Michael Scriven -- Statistical explanation and causality / Wesley C. Salmon -- A deductive-nomological model of probabilistic explanation / Peter Railton -- The pragmatic theory of explanation / Bas C. van Fraassen -- Theoretical explanation / Wilfrid Sellars -- Explanatory unification / Philip Kitcher -- Explanation and scientific understanding / Michael Friedman -- The illocutionary theory of explanation / Peter Achinstein

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Science--Philosophy.
Explanation.
Philosophy.
Science.

Science Explanation - Philosophical perspectives

Q175 / .T485 1988

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