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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... possible outcomes of the choices which the decision rules are to govern . Now , when a scientific rule of acceptance is applied to a specified hypothesis on the basis of a given body of evidence , the possible " outcomes " of the ...
... possible outcomes of the choices which the decision rules are to govern . Now , when a scientific rule of acceptance is applied to a specified hypothesis on the basis of a given body of evidence , the possible " outcomes " of the ...
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... possible realizations , or of the variety of those possible states of the world which , if realized , would make the statement true . Indeed , each maximal sentence may be said to describe , as completely as the means of L permit , one ...
... possible realizations , or of the variety of those possible states of the world which , if realized , would make the statement true . Indeed , each maximal sentence may be said to describe , as completely as the means of L permit , one ...
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... possible outcome is at least as good as the worst possible outcome of any alternative . In our example , this calls for a drawing from the second urn ; for at worst , it will give you a silver ball , whereas the worst outcome of a ...
... possible outcome is at least as good as the worst possible outcome of any alternative . In our example , this calls for a drawing from the second urn ; for at worst , it will give you a silver ball , whereas the worst outcome of a ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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