Statistical explanation reconsidered

DOI10.1007/BF01063988MaRDI QIDQ1163010zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ilkka Niiniluoto

Publication date 1981

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01063988

zbMATH Keywords

counterfactualexpectationcauseexplanatory situationprobabilistic lawsrelative frequencies in possible worldssubjective measures over possible worldsultimate partition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Probability and inductive logic (03B48) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05)

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• Inductive explanation
• Contrastive statistical explanation and causal heterogeneity
• Scientific explanation: A critical survey

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