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SOME NOTES ON UNIFICATIONISM AND PROBABILISTIC EXPLANATION

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Part of the book series: BOSTON STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE ((BSPS,volume 252))

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The simplest and most convenient way to present the unificationist model of explanation is to state what the unificationist sees as the necessary and sufficient conditions for something’s being a scientific explanation. This exposition will also make it clear how the unificationist model relates to Hempel’s covering law model, as well as what distinguishes the two.

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SCHWEDER, R. (2007). SOME NOTES ON UNIFICATIONISM AND PROBABILISTIC EXPLANATION. In: PERSSON, J., YLIKOSKI, P. (eds) RETHINKING EXPLANATION. BOSTON STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, vol 252. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5581-2_8

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