6 ideas
17992 | The main aim of philosophy is to describe the whole Universe. [Moore,GE] |
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] |
13052 | Hempel rejects causation as part of explanation [Hempel, by Salmon] |
16383 | Puzzled Pierre has two mental files about the same object [Recanati on Kripke] |