Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 2 |
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... particular case , i.e. , at a specified place or in a specified object at a given moment or during a certain period of time ( for example , the air in New Haven during the morning hours of September 5 , 1952 ; the hull of a specified ...
... particular case , i.e. , at a specified place or in a specified object at a given moment or during a certain period of time ( for example , the air in New Haven during the morning hours of September 5 , 1952 ; the hull of a specified ...
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... particular facts to serve as premises from which other statements about particular facts are inferred ; similarly , statements of general form , such as laws of narrower scope , often appear as conclusions derived from more ...
... particular facts to serve as premises from which other statements about particular facts are inferred ; similarly , statements of general form , such as laws of narrower scope , often appear as conclusions derived from more ...
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... particular performance , f , of F has yielded O500 as its outcome : O500 ( f ) . This result can also be described by saying that ƒ did not yield any of the other possible outcomes : T1 ( ƒ ) · ̄1⁄2 ( ƒ ) ... ..Ō199 ( ƒ ) · Ō501 ( ƒ ) ...
... particular performance , f , of F has yielded O500 as its outcome : O500 ( f ) . This result can also be described by saying that ƒ did not yield any of the other possible outcomes : T1 ( ƒ ) · ̄1⁄2 ( ƒ ) ... ..Ō199 ( ƒ ) · Ō501 ( ƒ ) ...
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Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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