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Praise for the Original Edition: Essential reading for any serious student of scientific explanation. <i> International Studies in Philosophy</i>

Praise for the first edition: Salmon's book is written in a clear and elementary style. It has many of the earmarks of a text useful for beginners and advanced students alike . - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science As a presentation of the primary issues concerning the foundations of scientific inference, this volume can be recommended most highly . - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research This is an excellent little book. One might disagree with some of its contentions; some will disagree with the whole foundational approach. But Professor Salmon has given us a book of exceptional clarity and conciseness . - Isis This study admirably fills the need for an elementary survey of problems in the area of probability and induction. A well-written and challenging introduction to the field . - Review of Metaphysics Few current writers have devoted as much worthwhile attention to the problems of induction as Wesley Salmon. It is good to have his views on the subject expressed in a single, clearly written and extremely useful volume. It can be recommended to students of the field at all levels . - Philosophical Review

Praise for the first edition: Salmon's book is written in a clear and elementary style. It has many of the earmarks of a text useful for beginners and advanced students alike . - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science As a presentation of the primary issues concerning the foundations of scientific inference, this volume can be recommended most highly . - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research This is an excellent little book. One might disagree with some of its contentions; some will disagree with the whole foundational approach. But Professor Salmon has given us a book of exceptional clarity and conciseness . - Isis This study admirably fills the need for an elementary survey of problems in the area of probability and induction. A well-written and challenging introduction to the field . - Review of Metaphysics Few current writers have devoted as much worthwhile attention to the problems of induction as Wesley Salmon. It is good to have his views on the subject expressed in a single, clearly written and extremely useful volume. It can be recommended to students of the field at all levels . - Philosophical Review

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Wesley C. Salmon (1925–2001) was University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, past president of the Philosophy of Science Association, and the author of numerous books, including Four Decades of Scientific Explanation;

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