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Wesley C. Salmon

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American philosopher

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Wesley C. Salmon
Philosophy
#303
World Rank
#685
Historical Rank
#139
USA Rank
Logic
#131
World Rank
#308
Historical Rank
#58
USA Rank
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According to Wikipedia, Wesley Charles Salmon was an American philosopher of science renowned for his work on the nature of scientific explanation. He also worked on confirmation theory, trying to explicate how probability theory via inductive logic might help confirm and choose hypotheses. Yet most prominently, Salmon was a realist about causality in scientific explanation, although his realist explanation of causality drew ample criticism. Still, his books on scientific explanation itself were landmarks of the 20th century's philosophy of science, and solidified recognition of causality's important roles in scientific explanation, whereas causality itself has evaded satisfactory elucidation by anyone.

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