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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... application available for a term often amount to less than a full definition . For example , criteria of application for the term temperature may be specified by reference to the operation of putting a mercury thermometer into the ...
... application available for a term often amount to less than a full definition . For example , criteria of application for the term temperature may be specified by reference to the operation of putting a mercury thermometer into the ...
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... application will therefore have to be couched in terms of characteristics that can be ascertained more or less immediately . To mention a parallel from physics : It would be unfortunate if the application of the term radium depended on ...
... application will therefore have to be couched in terms of characteristics that can be ascertained more or less immediately . To mention a parallel from physics : It would be unfortunate if the application of the term radium depended on ...
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... application of the definiens to two particular individuals , say a and b , yields the sentence ' Male a . Offspring a b ' , which is both verifiable and falsifiable and thus provides a finite observational criterion for the application ...
... application of the definiens to two particular individuals , say a and b , yields the sentence ' Male a . Offspring a b ' , which is both verifiable and falsifiable and thus provides a finite observational criterion for the application ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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