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Aspects of Scientific Explanation:

And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science
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Free Press“[u.a.]”, 1965 - Science - 505 pages

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User Review  - Liam Kofi - Goodreads

More people should pay more attention to Hempel's essay on values in science. It would dispel a lot of the silly myths about the relationship between positivism and value judgements in science. Read full review

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Unlike many philosophers who sacrifice precision for large theories, Hempel occupied himself with small, well defined problems. He was not afraid to express the limited scope of his studies ... Read full review

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Contents

Studies in the Logic of Confirmation
3
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation
47
Inductive Inconsistencies
53
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TitleAspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science
AuthorCarl Gustav Hempel
PublisherFree Press“[u.a.]”, 1965
Original fromCornell University
Digitized10 Dec 2008
Length505 pages
  
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