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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... laws . According to Carnap's theory of inductive logic , 51 for example , such inferences are possible on purely logical grounds ; the in- formation about the given sample confers a ... STATISTICAL EXPLANATION LAWS OF STATISTICAL FORM.
... laws . According to Carnap's theory of inductive logic , 51 for example , such inferences are possible on purely logical grounds ; the in- formation about the given sample confers a ... STATISTICAL EXPLANATION LAWS OF STATISTICAL FORM.
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... laws of empirical science should even- tually come to be regarded as reflections of underlying statistical uniformities— an interpretation that the kinetic theory of matter gives to the classical laws . of thermodynamics , for example ...
... laws of empirical science should even- tually come to be regarded as reflections of underlying statistical uniformities— an interpretation that the kinetic theory of matter gives to the classical laws . of thermodynamics , for example ...
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... statistical explanations , or D - S explanations . They involve the deduction of a statement in the form of a statistical law from an explanans that contains indispensably at least one law or theoretical principle of statistical form ...
... statistical explanations , or D - S explanations . They involve the deduction of a statement in the form of a statistical law from an explanans that contains indispensably at least one law or theoretical principle of statistical form ...
Contents
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation | 3 |
Postscript 1964 on Confirmation | 47 |
Inductive Inconsistencies | 53 |
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