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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... illustrated by the preceding examples , but also by the earlier analysis of the broken radiator case : as a closer examination would reveal , even that much more detailed state- ment of determining conditions and universal hypotheses ...
... illustrated by the preceding examples , but also by the earlier analysis of the broken radiator case : as a closer examination would reveal , even that much more detailed state- ment of determining conditions and universal hypotheses ...
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... illustrated , with respect to the requirement of truth for laws , in the beginning of §6 . ) Some of the characteristics of an explanation which have been indicated so far may be summarized in the following schema : C1 , C2 , ... , Ck ...
... illustrated , with respect to the requirement of truth for laws , in the beginning of §6 . ) Some of the characteristics of an explanation which have been indicated so far may be summarized in the following schema : C1 , C2 , ... , Ck ...
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... illustrated by our example from Freud . The idea may be illustrated very schematically by reference to that same example . Suppose that the general law we tentatively formulated as the presumptive basis of Freud's explanation were ...
... illustrated by our example from Freud . The idea may be illustrated very schematically by reference to that same example . Suppose that the general law we tentatively formulated as the presumptive basis of Freud's explanation were ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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