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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... considered as a set of sentences expressed 11. Since ( 3.2 ) was presented as a definition , it might be considered inappropriate to include it among the general laws effecting the predictive transition from O1 , О3 , О3 , О4 , to О5 ...
... considered as a set of sentences expressed 11. Since ( 3.2 ) was presented as a definition , it might be considered inappropriate to include it among the general laws effecting the predictive transition from O1 , О3 , О3 , О4 , to О5 ...
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... considered as meaningful sentences which make definite assertions , and which are either true or false ? The question might seem to come under the jurisdiction of semantics , and more specifically , of the semantical theory of truth ...
... considered as meaningful sentences which make definite assertions , and which are either true or false ? The question might seem to come under the jurisdiction of semantics , and more specifically , of the semantical theory of truth ...
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... considered concerns the explanatory potential of pre- dictive arguments of the form ( D - N ) . But the second sub ... considered are not deductive but proba- bilistic in character ; and the role of probabilistic inference for ...
... considered concerns the explanatory potential of pre- dictive arguments of the form ( D - N ) . But the second sub ... considered are not deductive but proba- bilistic in character ; and the role of probabilistic inference for ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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