Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 2 |
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... actually the number of all ravens is small compared with the number of all nonblack objects . But is this last numerical assumption actually warranted in the present case and analogously in all other " paradoxical " cases ? The answer ...
... actually the number of all ravens is small compared with the number of all nonblack objects . But is this last numerical assumption actually warranted in the present case and analogously in all other " paradoxical " cases ? The answer ...
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... actually encountered , would constitute conclusive evidence for the given sentence ; it is not intended to mean the technical possibility of performing the tests needed to obtain such evidence , and even less the possibility of actually ...
... actually encountered , would constitute conclusive evidence for the given sentence ; it is not intended to mean the technical possibility of performing the tests needed to obtain such evidence , and even less the possibility of actually ...
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... actually come to pass ? Clearly not , for we do not know whether the person in question will in fact continue to function adequately or will suffer some more or less serious breakdown , perhaps to the point of self - destruction . It is ...
... actually come to pass ? Clearly not , for we do not know whether the person in question will in fact continue to function adequately or will suffer some more or less serious breakdown , perhaps to the point of self - destruction . It is ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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