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Imprecision and Explanation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

D. H. Mellor
D. H. Mellor*
Affiliation:
Pembroke College, Cambridge University
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Abstract

The paper, analyses the role of measurable concepts in deductive explanation. It is shown that such concepts are, although imprecise in a defined sense, exact in that neutral candidates to them do not arise. An analysis is given of the way in which imprecision is related to generalisation, and it is shown how imprecise concepts are incorporated in testable deductive explanations.

Type
Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , March 1967 , pp. 1 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1967

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