McLaughlin R. (ed.) What? Where? When? Why?: Essays on Induction, Space and Time, Explanation

Springer, 1982. — 319 p.In the Australian spring of 1978, the University of Melbourne enjoyed the exciting presence of Wesley Salmon as a Visiting Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. In addition to conducting advanced seminars at Melbourne, Salmon spoke at universities in other major Australian cities, including Adelaide and Sydney. Wherever be went, this highly-distinguished American philosopher of science made a telling impact. His work, of course, was already very familiar in Philosophy and HPS circles in Australia; as he was in person to a number of Australians who had been privileged to work with him in the United States. Beyond this, however, his presence here for some three months was stimulating and memorable for the wide variety of people - students as well as teachers, scientists as well as philosophers and historians of science, and scholars generally - who encountered him for the first time. Thus it seems most fitting that the initial volume in this series should take Salmon's work as its leitmotif, appreciating his fIrst Australian visit, and exhibiting some of the influence his thought has had upon philosophers of science here, as well as on the international scene.Editorial Preface.
Rational Expectation and Simplicity (by F. John Clendinnen).
Why Should Probability be the Guide of Life? (by D. C. Stove).
Chance and Degrees of Belief (by D. H. Mellor).
Invention and Appraisal (by Robert McLaughlin).
Einstein, Light Signals and the e-Decision (by John Saunders and John Norton).
Simultaneity and Convention in Special Relativity (by Graham Nerlich).
Comets, Pollen and Dreams: Some Reflections on Scientific Explanation (by Wesley C. Salmon).
Causal Inference and Causal Explanation (by Clark Glymour).
Rational Belief and the Common Cause Principle (by Bas C. Van Fraassen).
Physical Explanation: With Reference to the Theories of Scientific Explanation of Hempel and Salmon (by John Forge).
Further Reflections (by Wesley C. Salmon).
Autobiographical Note: Wesley C. Salmon.