Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 2 |
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... Explanatory incompleteness vs. overdetermination 4.2.4 . Explanatory incompleteness and ā concrete events " 4.2.5 . Explanatory closure : explanation sketch 418 421 423 4.3 CONCLUDING REMARK ON THE COVERING - LAW MODELS 5. PRAGMATIC ...
... Explanatory incompleteness vs. overdetermination 4.2.4 . Explanatory incompleteness and ā concrete events " 4.2.5 . Explanatory closure : explanation sketch 418 421 423 4.3 CONCLUDING REMARK ON THE COVERING - LAW MODELS 5. PRAGMATIC ...
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... explanatory efficacy of a rational explanation , we found it necessary to replace Dray's normative principle of action by a statement that has the character of a general law . But this restores the covering - law form to the explanatory ...
... explanatory efficacy of a rational explanation , we found it necessary to replace Dray's normative principle of action by a statement that has the character of a general law . But this restores the covering - law form to the explanatory ...
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... explanatory model comparable to the explanatory concept of an ideal gas , that is , a gas conforming exactly to Boyle's and Charles's laws . No actual gas strictly satisfies those laws ; but there is a wide range of conditions within ...
... explanatory model comparable to the explanatory concept of an ideal gas , that is , a gas conforming exactly to Boyle's and Charles's laws . No actual gas strictly satisfies those laws ; but there is a wide range of conditions within ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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