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The Orthodox view Flashcards

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Hempel was a..

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logical positivist

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Covering Law model

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explanation by subsuming one instance under a more general proposition

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What sort of laws do biology and social sciences use?

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Probabilistic Laws

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What are the 3 conditions of explanation under Probabilistic laws?

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  1. Are the inferences strictly deductive?
  2. Are the laws true?
    Are the laws necessary for derivation?
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