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Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. PART ONE. SEMBLANCE
6. 1. Introduction to Part One 15
7. 2. The Composition of a Semblance 17
8. 3. Semblance and Purpose 35
9. 4. Semblance and the Reader's Maturity 56
10. 5. Three Special Problems 68
11. 6. Summary of Part One 84
12. PART TWO. ABSTRACTIONS
13. 7. Introduction to Part Two 87
14. 8. Historical Context: The Logical Gap and Abstractions 91
15. 9. Meaning, Significance, and the Author's Intention 111
16. 10. Series and Probability 144
17. 11. Limited Generalizations 167
18. 12. Drama and Intention 179
19. 13. The Nonrational 195
20. 14. Summary of Part Two 228
21. PART THREE. VALIDATION
22. 15. Introduction to Part Three 233
23. 16. Forced Decisions and the Cultural Role of the Classroom 238
24. 17. Multiple Hypotheses 248
25. 18. The Discrimination Pool 259
26. 19. The Concept of Intrinsic Genre 264
27. 20. Mediation and the Concept of Order 276
28. 21. Significant Others 303
29. 22. Validation 314
30. Notes 319
31. Index 347