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Wesley C. Salmon versus G.w.f. Hegel on Causation, Principle of Common Cause and Theoretical Explanation
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Hanzel, Igor |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | The aim of this article is to analyze the main contributions of Wesley C. Salmon to the philosophy of science, that is, his concepts of causation, common cause, and theoretical explanation, and to provide a critique of them. This critique will be based on a comparison of Salmon's concepts with categories developed by Hegel in his Science of Logic and which can be applied to issues treated by Salmon by means of the above given three concepts. It is the author's contention that by means of Hegelian categories it becomes possible to provide a critique of Salmon's philosophy of science and at the same time to enlarge the concept framework of philosophy of science. |
| Starting Page | 189 |
| Ending Page | 212 |
| Page Count | 24 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 18 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.klemens.sav.sk/fiusav/doc/organon/2011/2/189-212.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |