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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... kind . ) 2.1 The main function of general laws in the natural sciences is to connect events in patterns which are usually referred to as explanation and prediction . The explanation of the occurrence of an event of some specific kind E ...
... kind . ) 2.1 The main function of general laws in the natural sciences is to connect events in patterns which are usually referred to as explanation and prediction . The explanation of the occurrence of an event of some specific kind E ...
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... kind in question occur , an event of the kind to be explained takes place . Thus the causal explanation implicitly claims that there are general laws - let us say , L1 , L2 , . . . , L , —in virtue of which the occurrence of the causal ...
... kind in question occur , an event of the kind to be explained takes place . Thus the causal explanation implicitly claims that there are general laws - let us say , L1 , L2 , . . . , L , —in virtue of which the occurrence of the causal ...
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... kind of event rather than an individual event . For a kind of event would have to be characterized by means of predicate - expression , such as ' total solar eclipse ' or ' volcanic eruption ' ; and since this sort of expression is not ...
... kind of event rather than an individual event . For a kind of event would have to be characterized by means of predicate - expression , such as ' total solar eclipse ' or ' volcanic eruption ' ; and since this sort of expression is not ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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