Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 2 |
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... characterized so vaguely as to permit the introduction , by a suitable choice of " verbal " or " mental " operations , of virtually all those ideas that operational analysis was to prohibit as devoid of meaning . To meet this difficulty ...
... characterized so vaguely as to permit the introduction , by a suitable choice of " verbal " or " mental " operations , of virtually all those ideas that operational analysis was to prohibit as devoid of meaning . To meet this difficulty ...
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... characterization of the category “ Inadequate personality ” as given in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual ( p . 35 ) : " Such individuals are characterized by inadequate response to intellectual , emotional , social , and physical ...
... characterization of the category “ Inadequate personality ” as given in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual ( p . 35 ) : " Such individuals are characterized by inadequate response to intellectual , emotional , social , and physical ...
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... characterized by an " ideal law , " to the effect that the agent's actions are strictly rational ( in the sense of some specific criterion ) relative to his objectives and beliefs . How could this programmatic conception be imple ...
... characterized by an " ideal law , " to the effect that the agent's actions are strictly rational ( in the sense of some specific criterion ) relative to his objectives and beliefs . How could this programmatic conception be imple ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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