7 ideas
12750 | The question is whether force is self-sufficient in bodies, and essential, or dependent on something [Lenfant] |
16629 | By comparing qualities and features, reason can gradually infer the nature of substance [Grosseteste] |
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] |