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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... acceptance of observation reports stating the results obtained ; the next phase consists in confronting the given hypothesis with the accepted observation reports , i.e. in ascertaining whether the latter constitute confirming ...
... acceptance of observation reports stating the results obtained ; the next phase consists in confronting the given hypothesis with the accepted observation reports , i.e. in ascertaining whether the latter constitute confirming ...
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... accepted include , sometimes or always , certain unconditional judgments of value . Again the answer is in the negative . The grounds on which scientific hypotheses are accepted or rejected are provided by empirical evidence , which may ...
... accepted include , sometimes or always , certain unconditional judgments of value . Again the answer is in the negative . The grounds on which scientific hypotheses are accepted or rejected are provided by empirical evidence , which may ...
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... accepted into the system of scientific knowledge ; or , more gener- ally , under what conditions a proposed hypothesis is to be accepted , under what conditions it is to be rejected by science on the basis of a given body of evidence ...
... accepted into the system of scientific knowledge ; or , more gener- ally , under what conditions a proposed hypothesis is to be accepted , under what conditions it is to be rejected by science on the basis of a given body of evidence ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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