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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... consequence of those hypotheses . Indeed : any such consequence is but an assertion of all or part of the combined content of the original hypotheses and has therefore to be regarded as confirmed by any evidence which confirms all of ...
... consequence of those hypotheses . Indeed : any such consequence is but an assertion of all or part of the combined content of the original hypotheses and has therefore to be regarded as confirmed by any evidence which confirms all of ...
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... consequence con- dition does not provide a sound general condition of adequacy.40 A third condition remains to be ... consequence condition and the converse consequence condition . In fact , he invokes the latter ( without stating it ...
... consequence con- dition does not provide a sound general condition of adequacy.40 A third condition remains to be ... consequence condition and the converse consequence condition . In fact , he invokes the latter ( without stating it ...
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... consequence . Hence , the intended additional stipulation may be restated : The assumption that T is true must not imply that every class of true basic sentences which has C as a consequence also has E as a consequence . As brief ...
... consequence . Hence , the intended additional stipulation may be restated : The assumption that T is true must not imply that every class of true basic sentences which has C as a consequence also has E as a consequence . As brief ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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