‎"BRAITHWAITE, R. B.‎
‎Scientific Explanation. A Study of the Function of Theory, Probability and Law in Science.‎

‎Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1959. 8vo. In the publisher's full blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and in the original dust jacket. Minor wear to capitals of dust jacket, price clipped. Fine and clean-. XI,(1), 375, (1) pp.‎

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‎Braithwaite's seminal work which addresses issues concerning scientific explanation, inductive justifications and ""to examine the logical features common to all the sciences"" (From the introduction).Richard Braithwaite (1900 - 1990), English philosopher who specialized in the philosophy of science, ethics, and the philosophy of religion. He lectured in moral science at the University of Cambridge from 1934 to 1953, then Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy there from 1953 to 1967. He was president of the Aristotelian Society from 1946 to 1947, and was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1957.‎