The Logic of Scientific DiscoveryDonated by Sydney Harris. |
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... assertion , it will be either tautological ( analytic ) , or else an assertion about reality ( synthetic ) . For if ' can ' means that it is always logically possible to construct a causal explanation , then the assertion is tauto ...
... assertion , it will be either tautological ( analytic ) , or else an assertion about reality ( synthetic ) . For if ' can ' means that it is always logically possible to construct a causal explanation , then the assertion is tauto ...
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... assertion ) of two statements by putting a point between the symbols standing for them , we may also write the ... asserted of any one statement of the system that it is , or is not , specifically upset by the falsification . Only if p ...
... assertion ) of two statements by putting a point between the symbols standing for them , we may also write the ... asserted of any one statement of the system that it is , or is not , specifically upset by the falsification . Only if p ...
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... assert that if one says of a hypothesis that it is not true but ' probable ' , then this statement can under no ... assertion of natural science ' - by which he means a scientific hypothesis - itself with a reference - sequence of ...
... assert that if one says of a hypothesis that it is not true but ' probable ' , then this statement can under no ... assertion of natural science ' - by which he means a scientific hypothesis - itself with a reference - sequence of ...
Contents
Translators Note Preface to the First Edition 1934 | 13 |
Preface to the English Edition 1958 | 15 |
PART I | 25 |
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