To give a causal explanation of an event means to deduce a statement which describes it, using as premises of the deduction one or more universal laws, together with certain singular statements, the initial conditions... We have thus two different kinds of statement, both of which are necessary ingredients of a complete causal explanation.


The Philosophy of Karl Popper (ed. 1974)

Karl Popper Quotes

To give a causal explanation of an event means to deduce a statement which describes it, using as premises of the deduction one or more universal...

To give a causal explanation of an event means to deduce a statement which describes it, using as premises of the deduction one or more universal...

To give a causal explanation of an event means to deduce a statement which describes it, using as premises of the deduction one or more universal...

To give a causal explanation of an event means to deduce a statement which describes it, using as premises of the deduction one or more universal...