TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pitt,Joseph C.
TI  - Theories of explanation
SN  - 0195049705
AV  - Q175 .T485 1988
U1  - ARCH YNDC 501 P961T 19
PY  - 1988///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Science
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Explanation
KW  - Explanation - Philosophical perspectives
N1  - 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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