Preface for the English version
Preface for the Chinese version
1 Hempel’s scientific explanation models and their problems
2 Six decades of scientific explanation
3 The very nature of laws of nature
4 The conceptions of scientific explanation and approaches to laws of nature
5 Causal mechanism and lawful explanation
6 Is there such a thing as a ceteris paribus law?
7 Explanation and reduction
8 Scientific explanation and historical interpretation
9 Synthesis: explanation, laws, and causation
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Wei Wang is a professor at the Institute of Science, Technology and Society, Tsinghua University. His research interests include general philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, and philosophy of biology.
