Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 2 |
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... reasons in support of the given assertion . Questions of this kind will be called reason - seeking or epistemic . To put them into the form ' Why should it be the case that p ? ' is misleading ; their intent is more adequately conveyed ...
... reasons in support of the given assertion . Questions of this kind will be called reason - seeking or epistemic . To put them into the form ' Why should it be the case that p ? ' is misleading ; their intent is more adequately conveyed ...
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... reasons , which forms the subject of the next section . 10. THE CONCEPT OF RATIONALITY AND THE LOGIC OF EXPLANATION BY REASONS 10.1 Two ASPECTS OF THE CONCEPT OF RATIONALITY . In the present section , I propose to examine the logic of ...
... reasons , which forms the subject of the next section . 10. THE CONCEPT OF RATIONALITY AND THE LOGIC OF EXPLANATION BY REASONS 10.1 Two ASPECTS OF THE CONCEPT OF RATIONALITY . In the present section , I propose to examine the logic of ...
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... reasons " or " the real reasons " for his action.33 In his illuminating study of historical explanation , Gardiner makes this ob- servation on the latter notion : " In general , it appears safe to say that by a man's ' real reasons ' we ...
... reasons " or " the real reasons " for his action.33 In his illuminating study of historical explanation , Gardiner makes this ob- servation on the latter notion : " In general , it appears safe to say that by a man's ' real reasons ' we ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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