{"product_id":"scientific-explanation-and-the-causal-wesley-c-salmon-9780691101705","title":"Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe philosophical theory of scientific explanation proposed here involves a radically new treatment of causality that accords with the pervasively statistical character of contemporary science. Wesley C. Salmon describes three fundamental conceptions of scientific explanation--the epistemic, modal, and ontic. He argues that the prevailing view (a version of the epistemic conception) is untenable and that the modal conception is scientifically out-dated. Significantly revising aspects of his earlier work, he defends a causal\/mechanical theory that is a version of the ontic conception. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Professor Salmon's theory furnishes a robust argument for scientific realism akin to the argument that convinced twentieth-century physical scientists of the existence of atoms and molecules. To do justice to such notions as irreducibly statistical laws and statistical explanation, he offers a novel account of physical randomness. The transition from the \"reviewed view\" of scientific explanation (that explanations are arguments) to the causal\/mechanical model requires fundamental rethinking of basic explanatory concepts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesley C. Salmon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691101701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691101705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/1984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.15w x 0.78d","brand":"Wesley C. Salmon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946941808895,"sku":"9780691101705","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_27d0ab38-8695-4db2-8681-721738e47448.jpg?v=1681515834","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scientific-explanation-and-the-causal-wesley-c-salmon-9780691101705","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}