{"product_id":"scientific-explanation-and-the-causal-structure-of-the-world-9780691101705","title":"Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe philosophical theory of scientific explanation proposed here involves a radically new treatment of causality that accords with the pervasively statistical character of contemporary science. Wesley C. Salmon describes three fundamental conceptions of scientific explanation--the epistemic, modal, and ontic. He argues that the prevailing view (a version of the epistemic conception) is untenable and that the modal conception is scientifically out-dated. Significantly revising aspects of his earlier work, he defends a causal\/mechanical theory that is a version of the ontic conception. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Professor Salmon's theory furnishes a robust argument for scientific realism akin to the argument that convinced twentieth-century physical scientists of the existence of atoms and molecules. To do justice to such notions as irreducibly statistical laws and statistical explanation, he offers a novel account of physical randomness. The transition from the \"reviewed view\" of scientific explanation (that explanations are arguments) to the causal\/mechanical model requires fundamental rethinking of basic explanatory concepts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesley C. Salmon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/1984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.15w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691101705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWesley C. Salmon\u003c\/b\u003e (1925-2001) was University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh from 1983 to 1999 and the author of works that include \u003ci\u003eThe Foundations of Scientific Inference\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStatistical Explanation and Statistical Relevance\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40087131619443,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_246723dd-c388-4637-a909-5393bc876386.jpg?v=1652538526","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/scientific-explanation-and-the-causal-structure-of-the-world-9780691101705","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}