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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... argument of the same form , again with true premises , whose conclusion is logically incompatible with that of the first argument . This is true also of an inductive rule of a slightly different kind , which is among those listed by ...
... argument of the same form , again with true premises , whose conclusion is logically incompatible with that of the first argument . This is true also of an inductive rule of a slightly different kind , which is among those listed by ...
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... argument of the type ( 30 ) meets the requirement of maximum specificity relative to K and that its explanans is well confirmed by K ; would it then be acceptable as a predictive argument in the knowledge situation characterized by K ...
... argument of the type ( 30 ) meets the requirement of maximum specificity relative to K and that its explanans is well confirmed by K ; would it then be acceptable as a predictive argument in the knowledge situation characterized by K ...
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... argument predicting the state of the system at t include a statement specifying the state of that system for some later time interval t1 . Then , since the argument is predictive , t is later than ā the present , " ty , and hence so is ...
... argument predicting the state of the system at t include a statement specifying the state of that system for some later time interval t1 . Then , since the argument is predictive , t is later than ā the present , " ty , and hence so is ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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