The Nature of Explanation. Peter Achinstein [Book Review]

Philosophy of Science 51 (3):516-519 (1984)
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Why Ask, "Why?"? An Inquiry concerning Scientific Explanation.Wesley C. Salmon - 1978 - Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 51 (6):683 - 705.
Causation as explanation.Michael Scriven - 1975 - Noûs 9 (1):3-16.

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