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On the Confirmation of Scientific Theories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

John E. Freund
John E. Freund*
Affiliation:
Alfred University
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It has been questioned whether it is at all possible to give the term “probability” one uniform and consistent interpretation not merely in mathematics, statistics, evaluation of evidence, testing of hypotheses but also in any situation where we want to express a degree of belief. The question itself of assigning a probability to our belief in a scientific theory has raised important questions of an epistemological as well as mathematical nature.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 1950 , pp. 87 - 94
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1950

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