Volume 10, 2001
Philosophy of Science
David Gruender
Pages 135-141
On Explanation
Aristotelian and Hempelean
Given the great historical distance between scientific explanation as Aristotle and Hempel saw it, some important similarities and differences between he two approaches are examined and appraised, especially the inclination to take deduction itself as the very model of scientific knowledge: an inclination we have good reason to reject.