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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... rational decisions . Rationality in this sense is obviously a relative concept . Whether a given action ā or the decision to perform it ā is rational will depend on the objectives the action is meant to achieve and on the relevant ...
... rational decisions . Rationality in this sense is obviously a relative concept . Whether a given action ā or the decision to perform it ā is rational will depend on the objectives the action is meant to achieve and on the relevant ...
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... rational thing to do is x , affords grounds for believing that it would have been rational for A to do x , but no grounds for believing that A did in fact do x.16 To justify this latter belief , we clearly need a further explanatory ...
... rational thing to do is x , affords grounds for believing that it would have been rational for A to do x , but no grounds for believing that A did in fact do x.16 To justify this latter belief , we clearly need a further explanatory ...
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... rationality . In thus disagreeing with Dray's analysis of rational explanation , I do not wish to deny that an explanatory account in terms of motivating reasons may well have evaluative overtones : what I maintain is only that whether ...
... rationality . In thus disagreeing with Dray's analysis of rational explanation , I do not wish to deny that an explanatory account in terms of motivating reasons may well have evaluative overtones : what I maintain is only that whether ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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