The Popper-Carnap Controversy
Michalos, Alex C. (Institute For Social Research And Evaluation, University Of Northern British Columbia, Canada)
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Paperback. Num Pages: 124 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 7. Weight in Grams: 460.
1 In 1954 Karl Popper published an article attempting to show that the identification of the quantitative concept degree of confirmation with the quantitative concept degree of probability is a serious error. The error was presumably committed by J. M. Keynes, H. Reichen bach and R. Carnap. 2 It was Popper's intention then, to expose the error and to introduce an explicatum for the prescientific concept of degree of confirmation. A few months later Y. Bar-Hillel published an article attempting to show that no serious error had been committed (particularly by Carnap) and that the problem introduced by Popper was ... Read more
1 In 1954 Karl Popper published an article attempting to show that the identification of the quantitative concept degree of confirmation with the quantitative concept degree of probability is a serious error. The error was presumably committed by J. M. Keynes, H. Reichen bach and R. Carnap. 2 It was Popper's intention then, to expose the error and to introduce an explicatum for the prescientific concept of degree of confirmation. A few months later Y. Bar-Hillel published an article attempting to show that no serious error had been committed (particularly by Carnap) and that the problem introduced by Popper was ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
Number of Pages
124
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789024751273
SKU
V9789024751273
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