Princeton University Press eBooks· 2020

Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World

Wesley C. Salmon

2,014citations
2020year

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This work proposes a new philosophical theory of scientific explanation, centered on a novel, statistically-aligned treatment of causality, defending a causal/mechanical model.

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Field: History and Philosophy of Science

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