Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 2 |
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... theoretical terms as meaningless auxiliary marks , which serve as convenient symbolic devices in the transition from one set of experiential statements to another . To be sure , the conception of laws and theories as extralogical principles ...
... theoretical terms as meaningless auxiliary marks , which serve as convenient symbolic devices in the transition from one set of experiential statements to another . To be sure , the conception of laws and theories as extralogical principles ...
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... theoretical principles . In fact , one of the main objectives of a theory ( such as , say , the electromagnetic theory of light ) is precisely to provide a set of principles - often expressed in terms of " hypo- thetical , " not ...
... theoretical principles . In fact , one of the main objectives of a theory ( such as , say , the electromagnetic theory of light ) is precisely to provide a set of principles - often expressed in terms of " hypo- thetical , " not ...
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... theoretical principles may far exceed the ( logical- or class- ) sum of the inferential connections established , among the same singular sentences , by the laws or theoretical principles indi- vidually . Hence , if one were to insist ...
... theoretical principles may far exceed the ( logical- or class- ) sum of the inferential connections established , among the same singular sentences , by the laws or theoretical principles indi- vidually . Hence , if one were to insist ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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