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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... disconfirm it . The concepts of confirmation and of disconfirmation as here understood are clearly more comprehensive than those of conclusive verification and falsi- fication . Thus , e.g. , no finite amount of experiential evidence ...
... disconfirm it . The concepts of confirmation and of disconfirmation as here understood are clearly more comprehensive than those of conclusive verification and falsi- fication . Thus , e.g. , no finite amount of experiential evidence ...
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... disconfirmation.12 Considering the great importance of the concept of confirmation , it is surprising that no systematic theory of the nonquantitative relation of confirm- ation seems to have been developed so far . Perhaps this fact ...
... disconfirmation.12 Considering the great importance of the concept of confirmation , it is surprising that no systematic theory of the nonquantitative relation of confirm- ation seems to have been developed so far . Perhaps this fact ...
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... disconfirming or irrelevant evidence with respect to the hypothesis ; the final phase consists either in accepting or ... disconfirmation and neutrality ā can be completely formulated in terms of concepts belonging to pure logic . The ...
... disconfirming or irrelevant evidence with respect to the hypothesis ; the final phase consists either in accepting or ... disconfirmation and neutrality ā can be completely formulated in terms of concepts belonging to pure logic . The ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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