Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 2 |
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... procedure , i.e. for the construction of a consistent and comprehensive theoretical model of scientific inquiry , which is then to serve as a system of reference , or a standard , in the examination of any particular scientific research ...
... procedure , i.e. for the construction of a consistent and comprehensive theoretical model of scientific inquiry , which is then to serve as a system of reference , or a standard , in the examination of any particular scientific research ...
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... procedure must meet before the question of its justification can be raised . 40. Black , for example , formulates his various rules of induction in order to provide a clear characterization of the principles or policies whose ...
... procedure must meet before the question of its justification can be raised . 40. Black , for example , formulates his various rules of induction in order to provide a clear characterization of the principles or policies whose ...
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... procedure may be described as follows : By means of a constructive procedure , Craig arranges all the V - theorems of T ' in a sequence . This sequence is highly redundant , for it contains , for sentence occurring in it , also all its ...
... procedure may be described as follows : By means of a constructive procedure , Craig arranges all the V - theorems of T ' in a sequence . This sequence is highly redundant , for it contains , for sentence occurring in it , also all its ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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