Causal-relevance explanation: Salmon's theory and its relation to Reichenbach

Synthese 50 (3):423 - 445 (1982)
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The direction of time.Hans Reichenbach - 1956 - Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications. Edited by Maria Reichenbach.
Statistical explanation & statistical relevance.Wesley C. Salmon - 1971 - [Pittsburgh]: University of Pittsburgh Press. Edited by Richard C. Jeffrey & James G. Greeno.
The Direction of Time.Hans Reichenbach - 1956 - Philosophy 34 (128):65-66.
Philosophic foundations of quantum mechanics.Hans Reichenbach - 1944 - Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications.

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