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The deductive-nomological model (DN model) of scientific explanation, also known as Hempel's model, the Hempel-Oppenheim model, the Popper-Hempel model, or the covering law model, is a formal view of scientifically answering questions asking, "Why...?". The DN model poses scientific explanation as a deductive structure, one where truth of its premises entails truth of its conclusion, hinged on accurate prediction or postdiction

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