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(1979) Hans Reichenbach, Dordrecht, Springer.
[In "The Philosophy of Hans Reichenbach" (above), I remarked upon the fertility of his posthumous work, The Direction of Time, especially its fourth chapter, which deals with the causal and statistical relations among macrophenomena. I emphasized the value of his ideas in connection with the explication of scientific explanation — in particular, their potential utility for purposes of developing a full-blown theory of causal explanation. Since that article was written, I have been devoting considerable attention to just such issues, and I feel that my hopes have been —at least to some extent — vindicated.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-9404-1_15
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Salmon, W. C. (1979)., Why ask, "why?"?: an inquiry concerning scientific explanation, in W. C. Salmon (ed.), Hans Reichenbach, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 403-425.
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