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Theories of explanation / edited by Joseph C. Pitt

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Oxford University Press, 1988Description: 222 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0195049705
  • 9780195049701
  • 0195049713
  • 9780195049718
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Theories of explanation.DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 501 P961T 19
LOC classification:
  • Q175 .T485 1988
Contents:
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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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 501 P961T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 064961

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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