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
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822952254
ISBN13:9780822952251
Release Date:September 1971
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:128 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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