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subject index
Empirical basis section 7, 21–2, 24,
chapter V, 74–9, 96; objectivity of
section 27, 79–82, 94
Empirical character of a statement
or of a system of statements 9,
11, 12–16, 17–20, 28, 29, 37, 50, 55,
64t, 69–72, 78, 80, 138, 190, 191,
205, 227, 248n, 310, see also
Demarcation; Falsifiability
Empiricism 20, 50, 64&n, 80, 269n,
380, 397–8
Energy, law of conservation of 64,
111
Entailment see Deducibility
Epistemology see Knowledge,
theory of
Equidistribution, Equiprobability
158, 159&nt, 198, 293n–4n,
325–6, 429–30, 432n
Equivalence, logical 68t, 364–5
Errors in measurements see
Measurement, technique of
Essence, Essentialism 15, 279n, 451,
452
Estimate statistical see Hypothesis,
statistical
Event section 23, 68t–72, 82, 84, 95,
103, 200; chance-like 133, 189,
191, 195, 196–7, 200, 268;
homotypic or typic 95; homotypic
or typical 70, 103, 200, 283; and
probability of a hypothesis see
Probability logic, Reichenbach’s
view of; sequences of see
Sequences
Evidence, paradox of and weight of
423–5, 428, 434
Evolution of science 59, 63, 267,
section 85, 276–9&n, see also
Fruitfulness
Exactness 109, 428–33; religion of
410
Existential statements 48, 49&n,
84, 184–5, 186n; purely 49t&n,
70&n, 84, 186; singular 84t
Expectation, mathematical 135,
see also Hypothesis, statistical
Experience 4, 11, section 5, 16, 18,
24, 25, 30&n, 59–60, 70, 75, 76,
80, 80–1, 87&n, 96, 106–7, 115–16,
123, 279, 314, 381–2n, 442–5;
basis of 74–5, 80–1, 85, 86–7, 93;
and probability see Probability
and experience; so-called
perceptual or immediate 21, 24–5,
74–9, 82, 87, 91, 94&n, 279, 440,
442–3, see also Experiment;
Theory, and experiment
Experiment, crucial 57n, 67n, 108,
242, 244, 277&n, 303–4, 387n;
imaginary see Imaginary
experiment; its use in theoretical
discussion 10, 59, 60–1, 63, 80–1,
section 30, 88–94, 108, 200n,
256, 267, 279–80, 387n;
repeatable 23, 24&n, 60, 67n,
see also Theory, and experiment
Experimental conditions 198, 199,
205n, 224, 226, 427, 434;
Explanation see Causal
explanation
Explanatory power 152n, 416–17t,
420t, 433
Explication 426, see also Adequacy
Facts 37, 53&n, 54, 75, 77, 80, 94&n,
443–4, 445
Fair sample 169t&n, 194n, 196–7,
198, 400n, 430, 432n, see also
Segments, representative