Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 2 |
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... question , the manner in which it fits into the system of previously accepted theories , etc. It is at present an open question to what extent a satis- factory system of such rules can be formulated in purely logical terms.49 At any ...
... question , the manner in which it fits into the system of previously accepted theories , etc. It is at present an open question to what extent a satis- factory system of such rules can be formulated in purely logical terms.49 At any ...
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... question where a proper system of basic values is to be found on which all other valuations may then be grounded . The pragmatic question comes within the purview of empirical science . Without entering into details , we may say here ...
... question where a proper system of basic values is to be found on which all other valuations may then be grounded . The pragmatic question comes within the purview of empirical science . Without entering into details , we may say here ...
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... question ' Why should this be so ? ' , which seeks to elicit , not an explanation , but evidence or grounds or reasons in support of the given assertion . Questions of this kind will be called reason - seeking or epistemic . To put them ...
... question ' Why should this be so ? ' , which seeks to elicit , not an explanation , but evidence or grounds or reasons in support of the given assertion . Questions of this kind will be called reason - seeking or epistemic . To put them ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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