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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... explanandum and the explanans2 . By the explanandum , we understand the sen- tence describing the phenomenon to be explained ( not that phenomenon itself ) ; by the explanans , the class of those sentences which are adduced to account ...
... explanandum and the explanans2 . By the explanandum , we understand the sen- tence describing the phenomenon to be explained ( not that phenomenon itself ) ; by the explanans , the class of those sentences which are adduced to account ...
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... explanandum - sentence , and thus , the explanatory force of the argument is less than what it claims or appears to ... explanandum as stated is logically implied by the explanans ; for the latter do , whereas the former do not , account ...
... explanandum - sentence , and thus , the explanatory force of the argument is less than what it claims or appears to ... explanandum as stated is logically implied by the explanans ; for the latter do , whereas the former do not , account ...
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... explanandum event described by the explanandum statement ( or , more properly , to the explanandum state- ment itself ) the logical probability called for by the logical relation between the explanans and explanandum statements . In ...
... explanandum event described by the explanandum statement ( or , more properly , to the explanandum state- ment itself ) the logical probability called for by the logical relation between the explanans and explanandum statements . In ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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