Popper’s Measure of Corroboration andP(h|b)
Author(s) -
Darrell P. Rowbottom
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the british journal for the philosophy of science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1464-3537
pISSN - 0007-0882
DOI - 10.1093/bjps/axs029
Subject(s) - testability , measure (data warehouse) , function (biology) , mathematics , degree (music) , epistemology , mathematical economics , philosophy , computer science , physics , database , evolutionary biology , biology , acoustics
This article shows that Popper’s measure of corroboration is inapplicable if, as Popper argued, the logical probability of synthetic universal statements is zero relative to any evidence that we might possess. It goes on to show that Popper’s definition of degree of testability, in terms of degree of logical content, suffers from a similar problem. 1 The Corroboration Function and P(h|b) 2 Degrees of Testability and P(h|b) 1 The Corroboration Function and P(h|b) 2 Degrees of Testability and P(h|b)
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