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| Covering laws: general statements of law which, together with empirical conditions within the so-called deductive-nomological model (according to Hempel and Oppenheim) form the premises from which causal explanations can be obtained. See also explanation, causal explanation._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Nancy Cartwright on Covering Laws - Dictionary of Arguments
I 17 covering law: thesis: there is a single correct explanation for each phenomenon. CartwrightVscovering law. >Explanation, >Phenomena, All authors Vscovering Law: does not correctly describe the causes. >Description, >Causes, >Experiment. I 44 Def covering law model/Hempel/Cartwright: Hempel assumes that we need to know all the natural laws, and a little logic and possibly probability theory. Then we know what factors explain what other factors. >Natural laws. I 45 many authors Vs: athis llows for too much - e.g. Henry is not pregnant because he takes birth control pills - E.x. Barometer explains storm._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Car I N. Cartwright How the laws of physics lie Oxford New York 1983 CartwrightR I R. Cartwright A Neglected Theory of Truth. Philosophical Essays, Cambridge/MA pp. 71-93 In Theories of Truth, Paul Horwich, Aldershot 1994 CartwrightR II R. Cartwright Ontology and the theory of meaning Chicago 1954 |
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