Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 2 |
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... empirical science goes about examining a proposed new hypothesis and determines whether it is to be accepted or rejected . I will use the word ' hypothesis ' here to refer quite broadly to any statements or set of statements in empirical ...
... empirical science goes about examining a proposed new hypothesis and determines whether it is to be accepted or rejected . I will use the word ' hypothesis ' here to refer quite broadly to any statements or set of statements in empirical ...
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... scientific prediction can now be stated very briefly . Quite generally , prediction in empirical science consists in deriving a statement about a certain future event ( for example , the relative position of the planets to the sun , at ...
... scientific prediction can now be stated very briefly . Quite generally , prediction in empirical science consists in deriving a statement about a certain future event ( for example , the relative position of the planets to the sun , at ...
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And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science Carl Gustav Hempel. 1. INTRODUCTION Among the many factors that have prompted and sustained inquiry in the diverse fields of empirical science , two enduring human concerns have provided the ...
And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science Carl Gustav Hempel. 1. INTRODUCTION Among the many factors that have prompted and sustained inquiry in the diverse fields of empirical science , two enduring human concerns have provided the ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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