Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 2 |
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... hypothesis , and none of them seems to be really implied by the latter . ( c ) Finally , many universal hypotheses cannot be said to imply an existential clause at all . Thus , it may happen that from a certain astrophysical theory a ...
... hypothesis , and none of them seems to be really implied by the latter . ( c ) Finally , many universal hypotheses cannot be said to imply an existential clause at all . Thus , it may happen that from a certain astrophysical theory a ...
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... hypothesis to the effect that all P's are Q's , the field of application cannot simply be said to be the class of all P's ; for a hypothesis such as that all sodium salts burn yellow finds important application in tests with negative ...
... hypothesis to the effect that all P's are Q's , the field of application cannot simply be said to be the class of all P's ; for a hypothesis such as that all sodium salts burn yellow finds important application in tests with negative ...
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... hypothesis or theory is first conceived ; for our purposes it will suffice to consider the scientific ways of validation ; i.e. , the manner in which empirical science goes about examining a proposed new hypothesis and determines ...
... hypothesis or theory is first conceived ; for our purposes it will suffice to consider the scientific ways of validation ; i.e. , the manner in which empirical science goes about examining a proposed new hypothesis and determines ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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