C.G. HEMPEL’S PHILOSOPHY: DEDUCTIVE-NOMOLOGICAL MODEL OF HISTORICAL EXPLANATION

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V.P. Potamskaya

Abstract

The article is devoted to the deductive-nomological model of explanation, which emphasized the most important aspect of scientific explanation – the connection with scientific laws. It is demonstrated thatthe peculiarity of the historical explanation lies in the fact that general laws are not formulated in an explicit form due to their triviality and obviousness.

Keywords

history, deductive-nomological model, explanation.