Statistical explanation & statistical relevance

摘要: According to modern physics, many objectively improbable events actually occur, such as the spontaneous disintegration of radioactive atoms. Because high levels improbability, scientists are often at a loss explain phenomena. In this main essay book, Wesley Salmon offers solution scientific explanation based on concept statistical relevance (the S-R model). vein, other two essays herein discuss "Statistical Relevance vs. Statistical Inference," and "Explanation Information."