Theories of explanation

Sudies in the logic of explanation / C.G. Hempel, P. Oppenheim

Explanation, predictions, and laws / M. Scriven

Statistical explanation and causality / W.C. Salmon

A deductive-nomological model of probabilistic explanation / P. Railton

The pragmatic theory of explanation / B.C. Van Fraassen

Theoretical explantion / W. Sellars

Explanatory unification / P. Kitcher

Explanation and scientific understanding / M. Friedman

The illocutionary theory of explanation / P. Achinstein.