Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 2 |
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Page 72
... requirement of total evidence ? At first glance , this seems implausible ; for the rules ( 5.1 ) and ( 5.2 ) , as well as the principle ( 5.6 ) , include what appears to be a simple version of that requirement , namely , the proviso ...
... requirement of total evidence ? At first glance , this seems implausible ; for the rules ( 5.1 ) and ( 5.2 ) , as well as the principle ( 5.6 ) , include what appears to be a simple version of that requirement , namely , the proviso ...
Page 397
... Requirement of Maximal Specificity and the Epistemic Relativity of Inductive- Statistical Explanation . Our illustrations of explanatory ambiguity suggest that a decision on the acceptability of a proposed probabilistic explanation or ...
... Requirement of Maximal Specificity and the Epistemic Relativity of Inductive- Statistical Explanation . Our illustrations of explanatory ambiguity suggest that a decision on the acceptability of a proposed probabilistic explanation or ...
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... requirement of maximal specificity disposes of the problem of epistemic ambiguity ; for it is readily seen that of two rival statistical arguments with high associated probabilities and with premises that all belong to K , at least one ...
... requirement of maximal specificity disposes of the problem of epistemic ambiguity ; for it is readily seen that of two rival statistical arguments with high associated probabilities and with premises that all belong to K , at least one ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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