Chapter 3. The Inductive Ascent

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE xi
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
5. REFERENCES AND ABBREVIATIONS xvii
6. Part One
7. Chapter 1. Scepticism and Irrationalism 3
8. Chapter 2. Probabilism 39
9. Chapter 3. The Inductive Ascent 79
10. Part Two
11. Chapter 4. The Optimum Aim for Science 123
12. Chapter 5. The Optimum Aim Elucidated 166
13. Chapter 6. Deductivism and Statistical Explanation 225
14. Chapter 7. The Empirical Basis 247
15. Chapter 8. Corroboration 279
16. Chapter 9. Epilogue 337
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 356
18. Index of Symbols 381
19. GENERAL INDEX 383