Aspects of Scientific Explanation and other Essays in the Philosophy of Science
Cover of the first edition
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| Author | Carl Gustav Hempel |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Philosophy of science |
| Published | 1965 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 504 |
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Aspects of Scientific Explanation and other Essays in the Philosophy of Science is a 1965 book by the philosopher Carl Gustav Hempel. It is regarded as one of the most important works in philosophy of science written after the Second World War.
The work collects Hempel's papers on explanation and confirmation, as well as on related topics such as concept formation, criteria of meaningfulness, and scientific theories. Hempel describes probabilistic or statistical explanation as having the form of an argument, though not a deductive one, from premisses to conclusion.
The historian Peter Gay described Aspects of Scientific Explanation and other Essays in the Philosophy of Science as "seminal" and "indispensable", writing that Hempel persuasively argued that "the logic of history and that of the natural sciences are the same." Gay observed that Hempel's essay "The Function of General Laws in History", included in the collection, is a "much debated classic". The philosopher Michael Friedman wrote that Aspects of Scientific Explanation and other Essays in the Philosophy of Science is seen as one of the most important works in philosophy of science written after the Second World War.
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