Aspects of Scientific Explanation

Aspects of Scientific Explanation and other Essays in the Philosophy of Science is a 1965 book by the philosopher Carl Gustav Hempel. It is regarded as one of the most important works in the philosophy of science written after World War II.

Aspects of Scientific Explanation and other Essays in the Philosophy of Science

Cover of the first edition
Author	Carl Gustav Hempel
Language	English
Subject	Philosophy of science
Published	1965
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages	504
ISBN	978-0029143407

Reception

The historian Peter Gay wrote that Aspects of Scientific Explanation was "seminal" and "indispensable", writing that Hempel persuasively argued that "the logic of history and that of the natural sciences are the same."^[1] Gay observed that Hempel's essay "The Function of General Laws in History" is a "much debated classic".^[2] The philosopher Michael Friedman described the book as one of the most important works in philosophy of science written after World War II.^[3]

See also

• Models of scientific inquiry