A critical analysis of the thesis of the symmetry between explanation and prediction : including a case study of evolutionary theory
One very significant characteristic of Hempel's covering-law models of scientific explanation, that is, the deductive-nomological model and the inductive-statistical model, is the supposed symmetry between explanation and prediction. In brief, the symmetry thesis asserts that explanation and pr...
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| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/22585 |