1925 – 2001
Wesley C. Salmon was an American philosopher of science known for his influential work on scientific explanation, causation, and the foundations of probability. He made major contributions to understanding statistical explanation and developed the causal-mechanical model of scientific explanation as an alternative to the covering-law model.
Developed the statistical-relevance (S-R) model of scientific explanation
Formulated the causal-mechanical model of explanation
Major contributions to the philosophy of probability and induction
Authored 'Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World' (1984)
Advanced understanding of space, time, and measurement in relativity theory