Deductive explanation of scientific laws

Journal of Philosophical Logic 1 (3/4):369 - 392 (1972)
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The Structure of Science.Ernest Nagel - 1961 - Les Etudes Philosophiques 17 (2):275-275.
Studies in the Logic of Explanation.Carl Hempel & Paul Oppenheim - 1948 - Journal of Symbolic Logic 14 (2):133-133.
The language of theories.Wilfrid Sellars - 1961 - In H. Feigl & G. Maxwell (eds.), Current Issues in the Philosophy of Science. New York. pp. 57--77.

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