What? where? when? why? : essays on induction, space and time, explanation inspired by the work of Wesley C. Salmon and celebrating his first visit to Australia, September-December 1978 / edited by Robert McLaughlin.

Dordrecht, Holland ; Boston : D. Reidel Pub. Co.; Hingham, MA : Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Boston, [1982], ©1982.

xvii, 319 pages : portrait ; 24 cm.

Rational expectation and simplicity / F. John Clendinnen -- Why should probability be the guide of life? / D.C. Stove -- Chance and degrees of belief / D.H. Mellor -- Invention and appraisal / Robert McLaughlin -- Einstein, light signals, and the E-decision / John Saunders and John Norton -- Simultaneity and convention in special relativity / Graham Nerlich -- Comets, pollen, and dreams / Wesley C. Salmon -- Causal inference and causal explanation / Clark Glymour -- Rational belief and the common cause principle / Bas C. Van Fraassen -- Physical explanation / John Forge -- Further reflections / Wesley C. Salmon.

Includes bibliographies and indexes