Scientific explanation and the causal structure of the world /

The philosophical theory of scientific explanation proposed here involves a radically new treatment of causality that accords with the pervasively statistical character of contemporary science. Wesley C. Salmon describes three fundamental conceptions of scientific explanation--the epistemic, modal,...

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Auteur principal: Salmon, Wesley C.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press ©1984.
Accès en ligne:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv173f2gh