Full Idea
Can events whose probabilities are low be explained?
Gist of Idea
Can events whose probabilities are low be explained?
Source
Wesley Salmon (Four Decades of Scientific Explanation [1989], 3.6)
Book Reference
Salmon,Wesley C.: 'Four Decades of Scientific Explanation', ed/tr. Humphreys,Paul [Pittsburgh 2006], p.103
A Reaction
I take this to be one of the reasons why explanation must ultimately reside at the level of individual objects and events, rather than residing with generalisations and laws.