Volume 37, 1998
Philosophy of Science
David Gruender
Pages 101-105
On Explanation
Aristotelean and Hempelean
Given the great historical distance between scientific explanation as Aristotle and Hempel saw it, I examine and appraise important similarities and differences between the two approaches, especially the inclination to take deduction itself as the very model of scientific knowledge. I argue that we have good reasons to reject this inclination.