Probabilistic Explanations
PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1982:194 - 207 (1982)
| Abstract | The purpose of this paper is (a) to provide a systematic defense of the single-case propensity account of probabilistic explanation from the criticisms advanced by Hanna and by Humphreys and (b) to offer a critical appraisal of the aleatory conception advanced by Humphreys and of the deductive-nomological-probabilistic approach Railton has proposed. The principal conclusion supported by this analysis is that the Requirements of Maximal Specificity and of Strict Maximal Specificity afford the foundation for completely objective explanations of probabilistic explananda, so long as they are employed on the basis of propensity criteria of explanatory relevance. | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | No categories specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,631 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesPaul Humphreys (1982). Aleatory Explanations Expanded. PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1982:208 - 223.
Peter Railton (1978). A Deductive-Nomological Model of Probabilistic Explanation. Philosophy of Science 45 (2):206-226.
P. X. Monaghan (2010). A Novel Interpretation of Plato's Theory of Forms. Metaphysica 11 (1):63-78.
M. Fattorosi-Barnaba & G. Amati (1987). Modal Operators with Probabilistic Interpretations, I. Studia Logica 46 (4):383 - 393.
H. E. Baber (1987). How Bad Is Rape? Hypatia 2 (2):125 - 138.
Gerhard Schurz (1995). Scientific Explanation: A Critical Survey. Foundations of Science 1 (3).
J. L. Schellenberg (2005). The Hiddenness Argument Revisited (II). Religious Studies 41 (3):287 - 303.
H. M. Malm (1989). Commodification or Compensation: A Reply to Ketchum. Hypatia 4 (3):128 - 135.
Katalin Bimbó (2007). $LE^{T}{Rightarrow}$ , $LR^{Circ}{Wedgesim}$ , LK and Cutfree Proofs. Journal of Philosophical Logic 36 (5):557 - 570.
Peter J. Taylor (1994). Shifting Frames: From Divided to Distributed Psychologies of Scientific Agents. PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1994:304 - 310.
Tang Yijie & Yan Xin (2008). The Contemporary Significance of Confucianism. Frontiers of Philosophy in China 3 (4):477 - 501.
B. H. Slater (2004). Ramsey's Tests. Synthese 141 (3):431 - 444.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2011-05-29Total downloads4 ( #178,434 of 548,973 )Recent downloads (6 months)2 ( #37,438 of 548,973 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
