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Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World.
- J. Woodward, W. Salmon
- Philosophy
- 1 June 1988
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.…
Four decades of scientific explanation
- W. Salmon
- Philosophy
- 1989
As Aristotle stated, scientific explanation is based on deductive argument - yet, Wesley C. Salmon points out, not all deductive arguments are qualified explanations. The validity of the explanation…
Causality and Explanation
- W. Salmon
- Art
- 1998
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The foundations of scientific inference
- W. Salmon
- Philosophy
- 1967
Not since Ernest Nagel s 1939 monograph on the theory of probability has there been a comprehensive elementary survey of the philosophical problems of probablity and induction. This is an…
Causality without Counterfactuals
- W. Salmon
- PhilosophyPhilosophy of Science
- 1 June 1994
This paper presents a drastically revised version of the theory of causality, based on analyses of causal processes and causal interactions, advocated in Salmon (1984). Relying heavily on modified…
Commentary Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World
- W. Salmon, Raffaella Campaner
- Philosophy
- 2012
Causality and Explanation: A Reply to Two Critiques
- W. Salmon
- PhilosophyPhilosophy of Science
- 1 September 1997
This paper discusses several distinct process theories of causality offered in recent years by Phil Dowe and me. It addresses problems concerning the explication of causal process, causal…
Scientific Explanation: Three Basic Conceptions
- W. Salmon
- PhilosophyPSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the…
- 1 January 1984
By contrasting three general conceptions of scientific explanation, this paper seeks to clarify the explanandum and to exhibit the fundamental philosophical issues involved in the project of…
Statistical explanation & statistical relevance
- W. Salmon
- Physics
- 15 September 1971
According to modern physics, many objectively improbable events actually occur, such as the spontaneous disintegration of radioactive atoms. Because of high levels of improbability, scientists are…
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