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ERIC Number: EJ592192
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0926-7220
How To Do without Inductive Logic.
Musgrave, Alan
Science and Education, v8 n4 p395-412 Jul 1999
Defends deductivism, the view that the only valid arguments are deductively valid arguments, and that deductive logic is the only logic that is or is needed. Explains the validity and soundness of some inductive arguments in terms of this view. Contains 12 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Deduction, Induction, Logical Thinking, Philosophy, Science Education, Scientific Principles, Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Philosophy of Science
Note: Special issue: What Is This Thing Called Science? Twenty Years On.