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confusion 249n, 408, 414n, 415,
437–8
Consistency 9, 32, 34&n, 50,
section 24, 71–2, 78, 99, 384–5;
of probability axioms see
Probability, formal calculus of,
see also Contradictions
Constitute, Constitution 64nt,
76t&nt, 455, see also Reduction
Content, empirical or informative
19, 49n, 93, 96t, 103, 103–4, 108,
114, 314–16, 385–7, 411&n,
415–16; increases with degree of
falsifiability or testability and with
improbability 101–2n, section 35,
103–5, 111, 113n, 114–15, 126n,
128, 183, 269n, 271–2&n, 374–5,
411&n, 415–16; measure of
103–5, 108, 385–91, 393–400,
416–17, 419–21, 429&n–32&n; of
probability statements 181–3,
see also Prohibitions
Content logical 103–4t, 104–5, 113n,
182n, 411n
Continuity, Kolmogorov’s axiom of
334, 352–3t, 353–4
Contradiction 10, 34&n, 50, 66&n,
69, 71&n, 72, 78, 82, 99–102,
104–5, 111, 136, 160, 179&n,
181–2, 183–4, 255n, 264–5,
298–9, 315, 387&n–8&n, 410,
448–9, 449–50
Conventionalism 50–1, section 19,
57t–61, 121, 313–14, 315; excluded
by a decision 33, 61, 62, 64, 78,
131; and simplicity section 46
129–30, see also Methods,
conventionalist view of
Conventionalist stratagem 61–3,
see also Decisions, concerning
subject index 497
conventionalist stratagem and
concerning outcome of tests
Conventions see Decisions
Conviction, feelings of irrelevant to
scientific discussion 21, 24–5, 79,
81, 87&n, 93, 171, 251, 258, see
also Belief, ‘rational’ degree of
Coordinates, spacio-temporal,
Coordinate systems 41, 42&n,
44, 46n, 49, 67n, 69, 70, 82n, 84,
113n, 117–19, 123, 283, 370–1,
419n
Corroborability section 82, 264,
268–72; degree of 269n, 270&n,
271n, 276, 416, see also Testability,
degree of
Corroboration 10t&n, 32&n, 39, 56,
66, 67, 81, 86, 90–1, 120, 182,
199, chapter X, 249nt, 250–1,
259, 261 section 81, 264–7, 276,
277, 380&n, 387, 397–8, 400,
402–3, 419n, 437–8; degree of
249nt, 264&n–7, 380, 412t–13,
416&nt–19&n, 420–2, 423–4,
427nt, 428&n, 430&n–1n, 434;
as degree of rational belief 434;
increases with degree of
falsifiability or testability and is
not probability 125, 249n, 253,
253n, 267&n–70&n, 271&n, 272,
309–11, 319–20, 334, 374–5,
397–8, 400&n, 402–3, 405–16,
436–7, 437–8; of probability
statements 138, 146, 156–7n, 175,
183&n, 192–3, 194n, 199, 200,
204, 243, 245, 268n–73, 428–37;
relativized 418, 419n, 422&n; and
truth section 84, 273&n–6, 434,
436–7; ungraded 403t–5t, 406–7,
409, 412–16