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Subtitle: essays on induction, space and time, explanation : inspired by the work of Wesley C. Salmon and celebrating his first visit to Australia, September-December 1978
By: edited by Robert McLaughlin.
Contributors: Salmon, Wesley C.; McLaughlin, Robert, 1936-
Series: Australasian studies in history and philosophy of science ;; v. 1
Publisher: D. Reidel Pub. Co.; Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Boston; Springer
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Dordrecht, Holland; Boston; Hingham, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Salmon, Wesley C.; Science -- Philosophy.; Science -- History.; Induction (Logic); Space and time.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Rational expectation and simplicity / F. John Clendinnen; title: Why should  probability be the guide of life? / D.C. Stove; title: Chance and degrees of belief / D.H. Mellor; title: Invention and appraisal / Robert McLaughlin; title: Einstein, light signals, and the E-decision / John Saunders and John Norton; title: Simultaneity and convention in special relativity / Graham Nerlich; title: Comets, pollen, and dreams / Wesley C. Salmon; title: Causal inference and causal explanation / Clark Glymour; title: Rational belief and the common cause principle / Bas C. Van Fraassen; title: Physical explanation / John Forge; title: Further reflections / Wesley C. Salmon.