Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 2 |
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... occurrence of the first event . ( The symbols ' C ' and ' E ' have been chosen to suggest the terms ' cause ' and ' effect ' , which are often , though by no means always , applied to events related by a law of the above kind . ) 2.1 ...
... occurrence of the first event . ( The symbols ' C ' and ' E ' have been chosen to suggest the terms ' cause ' and ' effect ' , which are often , though by no means always , applied to events related by a law of the above kind . ) 2.1 ...
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... occurrence of a characteristic W in an object w is emergent relative to a theory T , a part relation Pt , and a class G of attributes if that occurrence cannot be deduced by means of T from a characterization of the Pt - parts of w with ...
... occurrence of a characteristic W in an object w is emergent relative to a theory T , a part relation Pt , and a class G of attributes if that occurrence cannot be deduced by means of T from a characterization of the Pt - parts of w with ...
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... occurrence of S1 at t1 is directly followed by an occurrence of S2 , and that for an occurrence of S1 that is followed by an occurrence of S2 the prob- ability of having S3 as a two - period successor is 0. ( For L2 tells us quite ...
... occurrence of S1 at t1 is directly followed by an occurrence of S2 , and that for an occurrence of S1 that is followed by an occurrence of S2 the prob- ability of having S3 as a two - period successor is 0. ( For L2 tells us quite ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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