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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... inductive probability , or degree of confirmation — a concept representing a logical relation between statements ... logic : If terms such as ' almost certainly ' , probably " , and ' with probability r ' are to express the force of the ...
... inductive probability , or degree of confirmation — a concept representing a logical relation between statements ... logic : If terms such as ' almost certainly ' , probably " , and ' with probability r ' are to express the force of the ...
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... inductive logic . But if the requirement of total evidence cannot be justified by the principles of formal inductive logic , on what grounds can it be advocated ? One might well say that it is simply a partial explication of conditions ...
... inductive logic . But if the requirement of total evidence cannot be justified by the principles of formal inductive logic , on what grounds can it be advocated ? One might well say that it is simply a partial explication of conditions ...
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... inductive reasoning has been acknowledged , if not always very explicitly , by many writers , and which has recently been strongly emphasized by Carnap , who calls it the requirement of total evidence . Carnap formulates it as follows ...
... inductive reasoning has been acknowledged , if not always very explicitly , by many writers , and which has recently been strongly emphasized by Carnap , who calls it the requirement of total evidence . Carnap formulates it as follows ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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