6 ideas
22628 | Substance has to exist, with no intrinsic qualities or relations [McTaggart] |
22179 | Explanatory facts also predict, and predictive facts also explain [Hempel, by Okasha] |
18284 | Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper] |
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] |