单词 | confirmation theory |
释义 | > as lemmasconfirmation theory confirmation theory n. Logic the theoretical investigation of ways in which the probability of hypotheses can be confirmed, esp. by induction. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [noun] > inductivism or elements of inductivisma1866 confirmation theory1947 1947 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. VIII. 149 (title) On infirmities of confirmation-theory. 1964 Amer. Philos. Q. 1 273/2 Confirmation theory does not provide an inductive logic. 1973 Sci. Amer. May 83/1 Bayes's theorem contributed to confirmation theory a scheme that seems far more adequate to inference in science than the fallacy of affirming the consequent can ever hope to be. < as lemmas |
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