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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... problem can be related in somewhat more precise terms as follows : ( A ) To give precise definitions of the two ... problem B has received much more attention in methodological research than problem A ; in particular , the various ...
... problem can be related in somewhat more precise terms as follows : ( A ) To give precise definitions of the two ... problem B has received much more attention in methodological research than problem A ; in particular , the various ...
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... problem B ( 2 ) , i.e. to establish standards of nonmetrical comparison between hypotheses with respect to the extent of their confirmation . An adequate com- parison of this kind might have to take into account a variety of different ...
... problem B ( 2 ) , i.e. to establish standards of nonmetrical comparison between hypotheses with respect to the extent of their confirmation . An adequate com- parison of this kind might have to take into account a variety of different ...
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... problem . For after all , even now we have at our disposal various ways of counteracting population growth ; but some of these , notably contraceptive methods , have been and continue to be the subject of intense controversy on moral ...
... problem . For after all , even now we have at our disposal various ways of counteracting population growth ; but some of these , notably contraceptive methods , have been and continue to be the subject of intense controversy on moral ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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