Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 2 |
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Page 45
... discussion of this question here except for mentioning that various considerations militate in favor of the convention that no observation report is to be accepted definitively and irrevocably.52 If this alternative is chosen , then not ...
... discussion of this question here except for mentioning that various considerations militate in favor of the convention that no observation report is to be accepted definitively and irrevocably.52 If this alternative is chosen , then not ...
Page 160
... discussion of the logic and methodology of ordering and quantitative pro- cedures may be found in Carl G. Hempel , Fundamentals of Concept Formation in Empirical Science ( Chicago , The University of Chicago Press , 1952 ) , especially ...
... discussion of the logic and methodology of ordering and quantitative pro- cedures may be found in Carl G. Hempel , Fundamentals of Concept Formation in Empirical Science ( Chicago , The University of Chicago Press , 1952 ) , especially ...
Page 178
... discussion will be independent of how narrowly or how liberally the notion of observation is construed ; it may be worth noting , 8. Northrop ( 1947 , Chapters III and IV ) , for example , presents this distinction very sug- gestively ...
... discussion will be independent of how narrowly or how liberally the notion of observation is construed ; it may be worth noting , 8. Northrop ( 1947 , Chapters III and IV ) , for example , presents this distinction very sug- gestively ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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