Discrete State Systems, Markov Chains, and Problems in the Theory of Scientific Explanation and Prediction

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Discrete State Systems, Markov Chains, and Problems in the Theory of Scientific Explanation and Prediction Nicholas Rescher Philosophy of Science, Vol. 30, No. 4. (Oct., 1963), pp. 325-345. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0031-8248%28196310%2930%3A4%3C325%3ADSSMCA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-6 Philosophy of Science is currently published by The University of Chicago Press.

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Studies in the Logic of Explanation Carl G. Hempel; Paul Oppenheim Philosophy of Science, Vol. 15, No. 2. (Apr., 1948), pp. 135-175. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0031-8248%28194804%2915%3A2%3C135%3ASITLOE%3E2.0.CO%3B2-E 9

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Temporally-Asymmetric Principles, Parity between Explanation and Prediction, and Mechanism versus Teleology Adolf Grünbaum Philosophy of Science, Vol. 29, No. 2. (Apr., 1962), pp. 146-170. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0031-8248%28196204%2929%3A2%3C146%3ATPPBEA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-G

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