Scientific Explanation.
Issues concerning scientific explanation have been a focus of philosophical attention from Pre-Socratic times through the modern period. However, recent discussion really begins with the development of the Deductive-Nomological (DN) model. This model has had many advocates (including Popper 1935, 19...
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| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
1962
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| Series: | Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science.
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| Summary: | Issues concerning scientific explanation have been a focus of philosophical attention from Pre-Socratic times through the modern period. However, recent discussion really begins with the development of the Deductive-Nomological (DN) model. This model has had many advocates (including Popper 1935, 1959, Braithwaite 1953, Gardiner, 1959, Nagel 1961) but unquestionably the most detailed and influential statement is due to Carl Hempel (Hempel 1942, 1965, and Hempel & Oppenheim 1948). These papers and the reaction to them have structured subsequent discussion concerning scientific explanation to an. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (543 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780816674633 0816674639 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
