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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... explanans are general laws . ( R3 ) The explanans must have empirical content ; i.e. , it must be capable , at least in principle , of test by experiment or observation . This condition is implicit in ( R1 ) ; for since the explanandum ...
... explanans are general laws . ( R3 ) The explanans must have empirical content ; i.e. , it must be capable , at least in principle , of test by experiment or observation . This condition is implicit in ( R1 ) ; for since the explanandum ...
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... explanans for the sentence E. " Our analysis will be restricted to the explanation of particular events , i.e. , to the case where the explanandum , E , is a singular sentence.33 In analogy to the concept of lawlike sentence , which ...
... explanans for the sentence E. " Our analysis will be restricted to the explanation of particular events , i.e. , to the case where the explanandum , E , is a singular sentence.33 In analogy to the concept of lawlike sentence , which ...
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... explanans , some general laws that are required for the deduction of the explanandum , i.e. whose deletion would make the argument invalid . If the explanans of a given D - N explanation is true , i.e. if the conjunction of its ...
... explanans , some general laws that are required for the deduction of the explanandum , i.e. whose deletion would make the argument invalid . If the explanans of a given D - N explanation is true , i.e. if the conjunction of its ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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