8 ideas
13230 | Particular essence is often captured by generality [Steiner,M] |
22179 | Explanatory facts also predict, and predictive facts also explain [Hempel, by Okasha] |
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] |
13229 | Maybe an instance of a generalisation is more explanatory than the particular case [Steiner,M] |
13052 | Hempel rejects causation as part of explanation [Hempel, by Salmon] |
13231 | Explanatory proofs rest on 'characterizing properties' of entities or structure [Steiner,M] |
15877 | The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré] |