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22179 | Explanatory facts also predict, and predictive facts also explain [Hempel, by Okasha] |
17488 | Empiricist theories are sets of laws, which give explanations and reductions [Glennan] |
21507 | Scientific explanation aims at a unifying account of underlying structures and processes [Hempel] |
17083 | The covering-law model is for scientific explanation; historical explanation is quite different [Hempel] |
6755 | For Hempel, explanations are deductive-nomological or probabilistic-statistical [Hempel, by Bird] |
13052 | Hempel rejects causation as part of explanation [Hempel, by Salmon] |
17493 | Modern mechanism need parts with spatial, temporal and function facts, and diagrams [Glennan] |
17487 | Mechanistic philosophy of science is an alternative to the empiricist law-based tradition [Glennan] |
17489 | Mechanisms are either systems of parts or sequences of activities [Glennan] |
17490 | 17th century mechanists explained everything by the kinetic physical fundamentals [Glennan] |
17491 | Unlike the lawlike approach, mechanistic explanation can allow for exceptions [Glennan] |
20653 | Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson] |
17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |