Statistical explanation & statistical relevance

[Pittsburgh]: University of Pittsburgh Press. Edited by Richard C. Jeffrey & James G. Greeno (1971)
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Through his S–R model of statistical relevance, Wesley Salmon offers a solution to the scientific explanation of objectively improbable events.

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