Four Decades of Scientific Explanation

Four Decades of Scientific Explanation
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Download or read book Four Decades of Scientific Explanation written by Wesley C. Salmon and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2006-07-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1989, this book presents and analyzes the dramatic changes in philosophical conceptions of scientific explanation after the landmark 1948 essayStudies in the Logic of Explanation by Carl Hempel and Paul Oppenheim.


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