Reading: Theory and Observation

Rudolf Carnap.

Laws of science express the regularities of the world as precisely as possible. Not all laws are universal i.e. they do not apply under whatever circumstances. All such laws are based on singular statements. The Q is how are we able to go from such singular statements to assertion universal laws.

The value of laws: explanation and prediction

Induction and statistical probability

Theories and nonobservables

Correspondence rules.

 

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