Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 1Confirmation, Induction, and Rational Belief -- Conceptions of Cognitive Significance -- Structure and Function of Scientific Concepts and Theories -- Scientific Explanation. |
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... object which is neither black nor a raven . Consequently , any red pencil , any green leaf , any yellow cow , etc. , becomes confirming evidence for the hypothesis that all ravens are black . This surprising consequence of two very ...
... object which is neither black nor a raven . Consequently , any red pencil , any green leaf , any yellow cow , etc. , becomes confirming evidence for the hypothesis that all ravens are black . This surprising consequence of two very ...
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... objects . Consider now the hypothesis ( H ) ( x ) [ ( y ) R , ( x , y ) Ɔ ( Ez ) R2 ( x , z ) ] 2 i.e .: Whenever an object x stands in R1 to every object y , then it stands in R。 to at least one object z . This simple hypothesis has ...
... objects . Consider now the hypothesis ( H ) ( x ) [ ( y ) R , ( x , y ) Ɔ ( Ez ) R2 ( x , z ) ] 2 i.e .: Whenever an object x stands in R1 to every object y , then it stands in R。 to at least one object z . This simple hypothesis has ...
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... object x has M , just in case there is an object y from which it is farther away from any other object z . Consider now the sentence ' Ma ' . As is readily seen , no finite set of observational findings ( all the relevant ones would ...
... object x has M , just in case there is an object y from which it is farther away from any other object z . Consider now the sentence ' Ma ' . As is readily seen , no finite set of observational findings ( all the relevant ones would ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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