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      Foundations of Scientific Inference, The: 50th Anniversary Edition

      Wesley C. Salmon

      After its publication in 1967, The Foundations of Scientific Inference taught a generation of students and researchers about the problem of induction, the interpretation of probability, and confirmation theory. Fifty…

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      Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World

      Wesley C. Salmon

      Proposes philosophical theory of scientific explanation proposed that involves a treatment of causality that accords with the pervasively statistical character of contemporary science. This title describes three fundamental conceptions of…

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      Four Decades of Scientific Explanation

      Wesley C. Salmon

      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…

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      Probability and Causality: Essays in Honor of Wesley C. Salmon

      The contributions to this special collection concern issues and problems discussed in or related to the work of Wesley C. Salmon. Salmon has long been noted for his important work…

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      Probability and Causality: Essays in Honor of Wesley C. Salmon

      The contributions to this special collection concern issues and problems discussed in or related to the work of Wesley C. Salmon. Salmon has long been noted for his important work…

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      Statistical Explanation and Statistical Relevance

      Wesley C. Salmon,etc.

      Through his S-R model of statistical relevance, Wesley Salmon offers a solution to the scientific explanation of objectively improbable events. Two other essays compliment the statisticl relevance model.

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      Scientific Explanation

      Nine scholars assess the current status of philosophical thought on the nature of scientific explanation to address the question: Is a new concensus emerging in the philosophy of science?

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      Logic, Language, and the Structure of Scientific Theories

      This volume honors and examines the founders of the philosophy of logical empiricism. Historical and interpretive essays clarify the scientific philosophies of Carnap, Reichenbach, Hempel, Kant, and others, while exploring…

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      Causality and Explanation

      Wesley C. Salmon (University Professor of Philosophy, University Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh)

      Wesley Salmon is renowned for his contributions to the philosophy of science. This volume brings together twenty-six of his essays on subjects related to causality and explanation, written over the…

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      Logical Empiricism: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

      This collection of essays reexamines the origins of logical empiricism and offers fresh insights into its relationship to contemporary philosophy of science.

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      Reality and Rationality

      The late Wesley C. Salmon

      This is a short, cohesive collection of published articles by one of the top philosophers of science in the 20th century, Wesley C. Salmon.

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      Reality and Rationality

      the late Wesley C. Salmon

      This is a short, cohesive collection of published articles by one of the top philosophers of science in the 20th century, Wesley C. Salmon.

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