Lycan W

When1:  1984

When2:  1996

Who:    William G. Lycan [Lycan, William G.]

What:   philosopher

Where:  England

works\  Logical Form and Natural Language [1984]; Consciousness [1987]; Judgment and Justification [1988]; Consciousness and Experience [1996]

Detail: He invented semantics based on truth conditions. Explanation is justifiable if it increases beliefs or makes simpler, more powerful, more fruitful, or more complete and consistent explanations, inferences, or hypotheses for the whole or a larger data set {explanationism}.

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