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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... logical term that is not contained in VT or VB , ( iv ) contains every element of VT and V essentially , i.e. , is not logically equivalent to some set of sentences in which some term of VT or V does not occur at all.53 т In applying ...
... logical term that is not contained in VT or VB , ( iv ) contains every element of VT and V essentially , i.e. , is not logically equivalent to some set of sentences in which some term of VT or V does not occur at all.53 т In applying ...
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... logically equivalent with its associated Ramsey - sentence any more than it is logically equivalent with the associated Craig - system T ' ; in fact , each of the two is implied by , but does not in turn imply , T ' . But though the ...
... logically equivalent with its associated Ramsey - sentence any more than it is logically equivalent with the associated Craig - system T ' ; in fact , each of the two is implied by , but does not in turn imply , T ' . But though the ...
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... logically 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 ...
... logically 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 ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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