The philosophical theory of scientific explanation proposed here involves a radically new treatment of causality that accords with the pervasively statistical c

As Aristotle stated, scientific explanation is based on deductive argument-yet, Wesley C. Salmon points out, not all deductive arguments are qualified explanati

Not all scientific explanations work by describing causal connections between events or the world's overall causal structure. In addition, mathematicians regard

Not since Ernest Nagel’s 1939 monograph on the theory of probability has there been a comprehensive elementary survey of the philosophical problems of probabl

Scientific Explanation was first published in 1962. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and