How-possibly explanations as genuine explanations and helpful heuristics: A comment on Forber

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 43 (1):302-310 (2012)
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Confirmation and explaining how possible.Patrick Forber - 2008 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 41 (1):32-40.
How-possibly explanations in biology.David B. Resnik - 1991 - Acta Biotheoretica 39 (2):141-149.
Necessary conditions and explaining how-possibly.Richard Reiner - 1994 - Philosophical Quarterly 44 (170):58-69.

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