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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... procedure , i.e. for the construction of a consistent and comprehensive theoretical model of scientific inquiry , which is then to serve as a system of reference , or a standard , in the examination of any particular scientific research ...
... procedure , i.e. for the construction of a consistent and comprehensive theoretical model of scientific inquiry , which is then to serve as a system of reference , or a standard , in the examination of any particular scientific research ...
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... procedure may be described as follows : By means of a constructive procedure , Craig arranges all the V - theorems of T ' in a sequence . This sequence is highly redundant , for it contains , for any sentence occurring in it , also all ...
... procedure may be described as follows : By means of a constructive procedure , Craig arranges all the V - theorems of T ' in a sequence . This sequence is highly redundant , for it contains , for any sentence occurring in it , also all ...
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... procedure may sometimes prove heuristically helpful ; but it does not guarantee the soundness of the historical explanation to which it leads . The latter rather depends upon the factual correctness of the generalizations which the ...
... procedure may sometimes prove heuristically helpful ; but it does not guarantee the soundness of the historical explanation to which it leads . The latter rather depends upon the factual correctness of the generalizations which the ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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