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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And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science Carl Gustav Hempel. other characteristics . For example , the two sets of primary sex characteristics which determine the division of humans into male and female are each associated , by ...
And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Science Carl Gustav Hempel. other characteristics . For example , the two sets of primary sex characteristics which determine the division of humans into male and female are each associated , by ...
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... characteristics some of which are prognostic in character . On the other hand , it would defeat the practical purposes of diagnosis and therapy if the operational criteria of application for those concepts , i.e. , the criteria forming ...
... characteristics some of which are prognostic in character . On the other hand , it would defeat the practical purposes of diagnosis and therapy if the operational criteria of application for those concepts , i.e. , the criteria forming ...
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... characteristics of a given particular , say b . For the latter include the fact that in such and such directions and ... characteristics - their combination is referred to as U above - for whose occurrence an explanation is sought ( in ...
... characteristics of a given particular , say b . For the latter include the fact that in such and such directions and ... characteristics - their combination is referred to as U above - for whose occurrence an explanation is sought ( in ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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