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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... present essay , an attempt will be made to provide the elements of theory of this kind . After a brief survey of the significance and the present status of the problem , I propose to present a detailed critical analysis of some common ...
... present essay , an attempt will be made to provide the elements of theory of this kind . After a brief survey of the significance and the present status of the problem , I propose to present a detailed critical analysis of some common ...
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... present section has yielded no conclusive argument for or against the possibility of explicitly defining all theoretical terms of em- pirical science by means of a purely observational vocabulary ; and in fact we have found strong ...
... present section has yielded no conclusive argument for or against the possibility of explicitly defining all theoretical terms of em- pirical science by means of a purely observational vocabulary ; and in fact we have found strong ...
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... present behavior , for indeed the goal may never be actually reached ; rather ā to put it in crude terms ā it is ( a ) his desire , present before the action , to attain that particular objective , and ( b ) his belief , likewise present ...
... present behavior , for indeed the goal may never be actually reached ; rather ā to put it in crude terms ā it is ( a ) his desire , present before the action , to attain that particular objective , and ( b ) his belief , likewise present ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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