Wesley C. Salmon

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American philosopher academic philosopher philosopher of science

Wesley C. Salmon was an American philosopher of science known for his influential work on scientific explanation, causality, and the philosophy of probability.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American philosopher ⓘ academic ⓘ philosopher ⓘ philosopher of science ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ
employer	Brown University NERFINISHED ⓘ Indiana University NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwestern University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	causality ⓘ epistemology ⓘ philosophy of probability ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ scientific explanation ⓘ
genre	non-fiction ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline	history and philosophy of science ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
influenced	contemporary accounts of causation ⓘ philosophy of science in the late 20th century ⓘ theories of scientific explanation ⓘ
influencedBy	Carl G. Hempel NERFINISHED ⓘ Hans Reichenbach NERFINISHED ⓘ logical empiricism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
mainInterest	causal processes and causal interactions ⓘ interpretation of probability ⓘ nature of scientific explanation ⓘ
movement	analytic philosophy ⓘ philosophy of science tradition ⓘ
notableFor	defense of statistical relevance model of explanation ⓘ development of causal–mechanical model of explanation ⓘ work on causality ⓘ work on scientific explanation ⓘ work on the philosophy of probability ⓘ
notableWork	Causality and Explanation NERFINISHED ⓘ Four Decades of Scientific Explanation NERFINISHED ⓘ Reality and Rationality NERFINISHED ⓘ Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World NERFINISHED ⓘ Statistical Explanation and Statistical Relevance NERFINISHED ⓘ The Foundations of Scientific Inference NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	professor ⓘ
positionHeld	professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh ⓘ
theorized	causal–mechanical model of explanation ⓘ statistical relevance model of explanation ⓘ

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Reichenbach → influenced → Wesley C. Salmon ⓘ

subject surface form: Hans Reichenbach

Experience and Prediction → influenced → Wesley C. Salmon ⓘ

Aspects of Scientific Explanation → influenced → Wesley C. Salmon ⓘ

Ernest Nagel → influenced → Wesley C. Salmon ⓘ