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    Historical explanations are more akin to explanations of ... — Carmelics
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    Historical explanations are more akin to explanations of individual behavior than to covering-law subsumption

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    The philosopher of science Carl Hempel stimulated analytic philosophers’ interest in historical knowledge in his essay, “The Function of General Laws in History” (1942). Hempel’s general theory of scientific explanation held that all scientific explanations require subsumption under general laws. Hempel considered historical explanation as an apparent exception to the covering-law model and attempted to show the suitability of the covering-law model even to this special case. He argued that vali
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