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ISBN
9780822952251
Published
1971-09-15
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press; University of Pittsburgh Press
Height
230 mm
Width
150 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
128
Author
Biographical note
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;
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 \u201cStatistical Relevance vs. Statistical Inference,\u201d and \u201cExplanation and Information.\u201d
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Through his S-R model of statistical relevance, Wesley Salmon offers a solution to the scientific explanation of objectively improbable events. Two other essays compliment the statisticl relevance model.
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Product details
ISBN
9780822952251
Published
1971-09-15
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press; University of Pittsburgh Press
Height
230 mm
Width
150 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
128
Author