Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Scientific deductive systems and their representations; 3. The status of the theoretical terms of a science; 4. Models for scientific theories: their use and misuse; 5. Statistical hypotheses, probability statements and class-ratio arithmetic; 6. The meaning of probability statements within a scientific system; 7. The choice between statistical hypotheses; 8. The justification of induction; 9. Laws of nature and causality; 10. Causal and teleological explanation; 11. Explanation of scientific laws; Index.