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42 other sections not shown Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesaccepted action answer antinaturalism argued argument astrology basic believe Carnap causal ceteris paribus characterization claim concepts counterfactual conditionals course covering law Creationists criteria criterion deductive deductive-nomological discussion distinction economic empirical laws ence epistemic essay Euclidean geometry evidence example exist experience explanandum explanans explanatory fact false geometry given Hempel hermeneutical human behavior hypothesis I-S explanation ical idea important inductive interpretation Karl Popper kind knowledge Kuhn language logical mathematical meaning ment method microeconomic natural sciences Newton's Newtonian nomics notion object particular pattern phenomena philosophy of science phlogiston theory physics planets Popper possible prediction principles problem pseudoscience psychology question rational reason reference refuted relevant requires rules Salmon scientific explanation scientific theory scientists sense Snell's law social sciences society specific statements testable theoretical terms theory choice things tion true truth understand value judgments Wesley Salmon Bibliographic information
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