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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... equivalent sentences , also confirms ( disconfirms ) the other . Fulfillment of this condition makes the confirmation of a hypothesis in- dependent of the way in which it is formulated ; and no doubt it will be conceded that this is a ...
... equivalent sentences , also confirms ( disconfirms ) the other . Fulfillment of this condition makes the confirmation of a hypothesis in- dependent of the way in which it is formulated ; and no doubt it will be conceded that this is a ...
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... equivalent . ( 7.1b ) S is said to be a singular , or alternatively , a molecular sentence if S con- tains no ... equivalent to a singular sentence . S is called essentially generalized if it is generalized and not equivalent to a ...
... equivalent . ( 7.1b ) S is said to be a singular , or alternatively , a molecular sentence if S con- tains no ... equivalent to a singular sentence . S is called essentially generalized if it is generalized and not equivalent to a ...
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... equivalent one is not . For example , the two res- tricted universals just considered are logically equivalent to the following generalizations , whose scopes of predication clearly do satisfy Nagel's condition : ' Anything that is not ...
... equivalent one is not . For example , the two res- tricted universals just considered are logically equivalent to the following generalizations , whose scopes of predication clearly do satisfy Nagel's condition : ' Anything that is not ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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