Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 2 |
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... further fact that Johnny had not had the measles previously . But to connect these with the event to be explained , we cannot adduce a general law to the effect that under the specified circumstances , the measles is invariably trans ...
... further fact that Johnny had not had the measles previously . But to connect these with the event to be explained , we cannot adduce a general law to the effect that under the specified circumstances , the measles is invariably trans ...
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... further development of scientific theorizing ; and second , that general laws will be discovered which establish certain necessary and sufficient conditions , expressible in observational terms , for the applicability of the theoretical ...
... further development of scientific theorizing ; and second , that general laws will be discovered which establish certain necessary and sufficient conditions , expressible in observational terms , for the applicability of the theoretical ...
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... further conditions are satisfied , which cannot at present be fully stated ; and thus , the causal attribution at hand implies secondly that further conditions of a not fully specified kind were realized , under which an event of kind A ...
... further conditions are satisfied , which cannot at present be fully stated ; and thus , the causal attribution at hand implies secondly that further conditions of a not fully specified kind were realized , under which an event of kind A ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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