Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 2 |
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... observation report as a class or a conjunction of observation sentences . The need for this broad conception of observation sentences and observation reports is readily recognized : Confirmation as here conceived is a logical ...
... observation report as a class or a conjunction of observation sentences . The need for this broad conception of observation sentences and observation reports is readily recognized : Confirmation as here conceived is a logical ...
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... observation report to the effect that a certain object a is metallic and is heated , then by means of H1 we can derive the prediction that a expands . Suppose that this is borne out by observation and described in an additional observation ...
... observation report to the effect that a certain object a is metallic and is heated , then by means of H1 we can derive the prediction that a expands . Suppose that this is borne out by observation and described in an additional observation ...
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... observation reports and B , confirms ( disconfirms , is neutral with respect ... report does not do so , essentially because it does not entail ' P ( a ) . P ... observation report if it is mentioned only in such components of that report ...
... observation reports and B , confirms ( disconfirms , is neutral with respect ... report does not do so , essentially because it does not entail ' P ( a ) . P ... observation report if it is mentioned only in such components of that report ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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