Causality and explanation
By: Wesley C. Salmon.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
Subjects: Science -- Philosophy; Science -- Methodology; Causality (Physics); Explanation
Description: For over two decades Wesley Salmon has helped to shape the course of debate in philosophy of science. He is a major contributor to the philosophical discussion of problems associated with causality and the author of two influential books on scientific explanation. This volume collects twenty-six of Salmon's essays, including seven that have never before been published and others difficult to find.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-415) and index.