Hempel and Oppenheim on Explanation
- 1 October 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Philosophy of Science
- Vol. 28 (4) , 418-428
- https://doi.org/10.1086/287828
Abstract
Hempel and Oppenheim, in their paper ‘The Logic of Explanation’, have offered an analysis of the notion of scientific explanation. The present paper advances considerations in the light of which their analysis seems inadequate. In particular, several theorems are proved with roughly the following content: between almost any theory and almost any singular sentence, certain relations of explainability hold.Keywords
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