The Quarrel About the philosophical question of the Historical Explanation
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…number of explanations surrounding certain events are too many for the method to be simple and useful. Furthermore, this type of classification and identification is more the work of a scientist, not a philosopher. And what is to happen when there don't seem to be rules and laws predicting an event, is a Hempelian to then make them up? It would seem then, that the Hempelians are in danger of losing sight of their objective.
…number of explanations surrounding certain events are too many for the method to be simple and useful. Furthermore, this type of classification and identification is more the work of a scientist, not a philosopher. And what is to happen when there don't seem to be rules and laws predicting an event, is a Hempelian to then make them up? It would seem then, that the Hempelians are in danger of losing sight of their objective.
