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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... individual con- stants , and with predicate constants of any degree . All sentences of the language are assumed to be formed exclusively by means of predicate constants , individual constants , individual variables , universal and ...
... individual con- stants , and with predicate constants of any degree . All sentences of the language are assumed to be formed exclusively by means of predicate constants , individual constants , individual variables , universal and ...
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... individual cases to particular classes in a taxonomic system of diseases ; and it is definitely called for by the use made of psychiatric classifications in medical statistics , which is concerned with the dis- tribution of individual ...
... individual cases to particular classes in a taxonomic system of diseases ; and it is definitely called for by the use made of psychiatric classifications in medical statistics , which is concerned with the dis- tribution of individual ...
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... individuals will " coincide , " i.e. , occupy the same place , if , in the sense of the criteria , they exhibit A with equal strength ; whereas individual x will precede individual y if , in the sense of the criteria , x is a less ...
... individuals will " coincide , " i.e. , occupy the same place , if , in the sense of the criteria , they exhibit A with equal strength ; whereas individual x will precede individual y if , in the sense of the criteria , x is a less ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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