Essentional Role of Causal Relations in Scientific Explanations (According to Wesely Salmon), Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology ; Hosseini, Ali (Supervisor)
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The ambiguity in the meaning of scientific explanation has caused the philosophers to use different criteria for differentiating it from other explanations. One of the most important of these criteria is Salmon’s criterion. According to Wesley Salmon, a scientific explanation is an objective issue and it is far beyond descriptive knowledge which can be found out about the world. The index provided by Salmon for explanation as a scientific interpretation is based on two principle foundations: 1. Statistical relevance 2. Causal relation. It would be a key to understand the world better. In this paper, first, we will argue that the explanation has both objective and subjective components and...
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Abstract
The ambiguity in the meaning of scientific explanation has caused the philosophers to use different criteria for differentiating it from other explanations. One of the most important of these criteria is Salmon’s criterion. According to Wesley Salmon, a scientific explanation is an objective issue and it is far beyond descriptive knowledge which can be found out about the world. The index provided by Salmon for explanation as a scientific interpretation is based on two principle foundations: 1. Statistical relevance 2. Causal relation. It would be a key to understand the world better. In this paper, first, we will argue that the explanation has both objective and subjective components and...
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