Popper y la explicación cientifica1
Keywords:
Karl Popper, scientific explanation, Hempel, deductive argument, law, prediction,
Abstract
In his famous Logik der Forschung (1934) Popper indicates that a causal expla- nation of an event means to deduce a statement which describes it, using as premises of the deduction at least one natural law plus certain singular statements, the socalled initials conditions. According to this, I will claim that Popper should be considered as the founder and not simply an important precursor of the “deductivenomological” or “covering-law” model developed later by Hempel and Oppenheim in his classic article written in 1948 entitled “Studies in the Logic of Explanation”.Format
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Published
2005-12-22
How to Cite
Verdugo Serna, C. (2005). Popper y la explicación cientifica1. Revista de Filosofía , 30(1), 49-61. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RESF/article/view/RESF0505120049A
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