Aspects of Scientific Explanation: And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 1Confirmation, Induction, and Rational Belief -- Conceptions of Cognitive Significance -- Structure and Function of Scientific Concepts and Theories -- Scientific Explanation. |
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... adequate definition of confirmation can be constructed which satisfies ( 8.1 ) , ( 8.2 ) and ( 8.31 ) , but not ( 8.3 ) . One of the advantages of a definition which satisfies ( 8.3 ) is that it sets a limit , so to speak , to the ...
... adequate definition of confirmation can be constructed which satisfies ( 8.1 ) , ( 8.2 ) and ( 8.31 ) , but not ( 8.3 ) . One of the advantages of a definition which satisfies ( 8.3 ) is that it sets a limit , so to speak , to the ...
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... adequate criteria of qualitative con- firmation had best be tackled , after all , by means of the quantitative concept of confirmation . This has been suggested especially by Carnap , who holds that " any adequate explicatum for the ...
... adequate criteria of qualitative con- firmation had best be tackled , after all , by means of the quantitative concept of confirmation . This has been suggested especially by Carnap , who holds that " any adequate explicatum for the ...
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... adequate explanatory argument is also potentially predictive . I will consider three objections to the effect that ... adequate as a potential prediction . But precisely because paresis is such a rare sequel of syphilis , prior ...
... adequate explanatory argument is also potentially predictive . I will consider three objections to the effect that ... adequate as a potential prediction . But precisely because paresis is such a rare sequel of syphilis , prior ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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