Wesley C. Salmon

Four Decades of Scientific Explanation (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822973027
• Artikelnr.: 41205358

Autorenporträt

Wesley C. Salmon (19252001) was University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, past president of the Philosophy of Science Association, and the author of numerous books, including Four Decades of Scientific Explanation; Space, Time, and Motion: A Philosophical Introduction; and Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World.