Slides week 1

Question 1

What is an explanan and explanandum?

Answer 1

Explanan is the argument, while explanandum is the conclusion.

Question 2

What is a covering law explanation and what is an statistical?

Answer 2

Covering law: the phenomenon is explained by causal law
Statistical law: The phenomenon is explained by a statistical relationship

Question 3

What does Durkheim’s integration theory lack according to Coleman?

Answer 3

The theory disregards micro, particularly “transformation rule”