On the Confirmation of Scientific Theories
- 1 January 1950
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Philosophy of Science
- Vol. 17 (1) , 87-94
- https://doi.org/10.1086/287068
Abstract
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.Keywords
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