Confirmation, Explanation, and Logical Strength

DOI10.1093/BJPS/47.3.399zbMATH Open0938.03013OpenAlexW2067388300MaRDI QIDQ4940883FDOQ4940883

Authors: David E. Nelson 

Publication date: 12 March 2000

Published in: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/47.3.399

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zbMATH Keywords

philosophy of sciencescientific theoriesexplanatory powerlevel of confirmation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Foundations of classical theories (including reverse mathematics) (03B30)

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