Scientific explanation: A critical survey

DOI10.1007/BF00145406zbMath0955.03501OpenAlexW1968273337MaRDI QIDQ1571117

Gerhard Schurz

Publication date: 22 February 2001

Published in: Foundations of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00145406

zbMATH Keywords

predictioncausalityunificationjustificationunderstandingprobabilistic explanationmaximal specificitydeductive explanationdeductive relevancelawlikenessstatistical relevancetheories of scientific explanation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Foundations of classical theories (including reverse mathematics) (03B30)

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