Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 2 |
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... behavior on the part of an individual or a firm , etc. , all represent schemata for the interpretation of certain aspects of human behavior and involve the ideal- izing assumption that noneconomic factors of the sort that do in fact ...
... behavior on the part of an individual or a firm , etc. , all represent schemata for the interpretation of certain aspects of human behavior and involve the ideal- izing assumption that noneconomic factors of the sort that do in fact ...
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... behavior pattern in an individual or a group , such as a physiological mechanism , a neurotic trait , a culture pattern or a social institution . And the principal objective of the analysis is to exhibit the contribution which the behavior ...
... behavior pattern in an individual or a group , such as a physiological mechanism , a neurotic trait , a culture pattern or a social institution . And the principal objective of the analysis is to exhibit the contribution which the behavior ...
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... behavior only when taken in conjunction with ascriptions of appropriate beliefs . Similarly , in our earlier example , the hypothesis that Henry believes the streets to be slushy implies the occurrence of characteristic overt behavior ...
... behavior only when taken in conjunction with ascriptions of appropriate beliefs . Similarly , in our earlier example , the hypothesis that Henry believes the streets to be slushy implies the occurrence of characteristic overt behavior ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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