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Scientific Explanation : a Study of the Function of Theory, Probability and Law in Science by Richard Bevan Braithwaite is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Scientific Explanation : a Study of the Function of Theory, Probability and Law in Science about?

Each science proceeds by inventing general principles from which are deduced the consequences to be tested by observation and experiment; the author shows how the implications of this process explain some of its more baffling features and resolves many of the difficulties that philosophers have found in them.

Who reads Scientific Explanation : a Study of the Function of Theory, Probability and Law in Science?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Richard Bevan Braithwaite
Publisher
Cambridge at the University Press
Published
1968
Language
EN
ISBN
9780521094429
Category
philosophy
Subjects
Science, Philosophy, Anthropology
Updated
2026-03-25

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