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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... reference to the meanings of the terms and sentences at hand ; indeed , for the deductive development of an axiomatized system , no meanings need be assigned at all to its expressions , primitive or derived . However , a deductive ...
... reference to the meanings of the terms and sentences at hand ; indeed , for the deductive development of an axiomatized system , no meanings need be assigned at all to its expressions , primitive or derived . However , a deductive ...
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... reference if what the theory says is true . B The preceding observations on truth and factual reference in regard to partially interpreted theories rest on the assumption that the sentences of such theories are accorded the status of ...
... reference if what the theory says is true . B The preceding observations on truth and factual reference in regard to partially interpreted theories rest on the assumption that the sentences of such theories are accorded the status of ...
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... reference classes the probability of recovery is small . Indeed , one would want an acceptable explanation to be based on a statistical probability statement pertaining to the narrowest reference class of which , according to our total ...
... reference classes the probability of recovery is small . Indeed , one would want an acceptable explanation to be based on a statistical probability statement pertaining to the narrowest reference class of which , according to our total ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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