8 ideas
17962 | The truth-maker principle is that every truth has a sufficient truth-maker [Forrest] |
15432 | Structural universals might serve as possible worlds [Forrest, by Lewis] |
22179 | Explanatory facts also predict, and predictive facts also explain [Hempel, by Okasha] |
21507 | Scientific explanation aims at a unifying account of underlying structures and processes [Hempel] |
6755 | For Hempel, explanations are deductive-nomological or probabilistic-statistical [Hempel, by Bird] |
17083 | The covering-law model is for scientific explanation; historical explanation is quite different [Hempel] |
13052 | Hempel rejects causation as part of explanation [Hempel, by Salmon] |
20992 | Right and wrong concerns what other people cannot reasonably reject [Scanlon] |