Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 2 |
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... latter type , and that it is relatively verified , i.e. logically entailed , by an observation report B , and that the latter is accepted in science as an account of the outcome of some experiment or obser- vation . Can we then say that ...
... latter type , and that it is relatively verified , i.e. logically entailed , by an observation report B , and that the latter is accepted in science as an account of the outcome of some experiment or obser- vation . Can we then say that ...
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... latter to concepts of experimental physics ( which must be interconnected by empirical laws ) .51 In contrast to the standard conception of a dictionary , Camp- bell's dictionary is assumed to contain , not definitions for the ...
... latter to concepts of experimental physics ( which must be interconnected by empirical laws ) .51 In contrast to the standard conception of a dictionary , Camp- bell's dictionary is assumed to contain , not definitions for the ...
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... latter . In our example , the phenomenon to be explained is a particular event that takes place at a certain place ... latter from the Newtonian laws and from statements specifying the mass and the radius of the earth ; the latter two ...
... latter . In our example , the phenomenon to be explained is a particular event that takes place at a certain place ... latter from the Newtonian laws and from statements specifying the mass and the radius of the earth ; the latter two ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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