Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 2 |
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... finite number , however large , of observation sentences , because a finite set of obser- vation sentences can tell us at best for a finite number of objects that a stands in R1 to them . Thus an observation report , which always ...
... finite number , however large , of observation sentences , because a finite set of obser- vation sentences can tell us at best for a finite number of objects that a stands in R1 to them . Thus an observation report , which always ...
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... finite observational criterion for the application of the term ' Son ' to a in relation to b . On the other hand , the definitions ( 7.6 ) , ( 7.7 ) , and ( 7.8 ) above are among those which afford no finite observational criteria of ...
... finite observational criterion for the application of the term ' Son ' to a in relation to b . On the other hand , the definitions ( 7.6 ) , ( 7.7 ) , and ( 7.8 ) above are among those which afford no finite observational criteria of ...
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... finite conjunction of singular sentences , and which in this sense makes a claim concerning only a finite class of cases , does not qualify as a law and lacks the explanatory force of a nomological statement . Lawlike sentences ...
... finite conjunction of singular sentences , and which in this sense makes a claim concerning only a finite class of cases , does not qualify as a law and lacks the explanatory force of a nomological statement . Lawlike sentences ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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