Statistical Explanation and Statistical Relevance
Published on 23. November 2010
129 pages
978-0-8229-7411-6 (ISBN)
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According to modern physics, many objectively improbable events actually occur, such as the spontaneous disintegration of radioactive atoms. Because of high levels of improbability, scientists are often at a loss to explain such phenomena. In this main essay of this book, Wesley Salmon offers a solution to scientific explanation based on the concept of statistical relevance (the S-R model). In this vein, the other two essays herein discuss "Statistical Relevance vs. Statistical Inference," and "Explanation and Information."
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Statistical Explanation and Statistical Relevance
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09/1971
University of Pittsburgh Press
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Wesley C. Salmon (1925-2001) was University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, past president of the Philosophy of Science Association, and the author of numerous books, including Four Decades of Scientific Explanation; Space, Time, and Motion: A Philosophical Introduction; and Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction - Wesley C. Salmon
- Statistical Explanation vs. Statistical Inference - Richard C. Jeffrey
- Statistical Explanation - Wesley C. Salmon
- Explanation and Information - James G. Greeno
- Postscript - Wesley C. Salmon
- Bibliography
- Index
