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Falsifiability, degree of see
Testability, degree of; never final
or conclusive 20, 28, 60–7; not
as a criterion of meaning see
Demarcation versus meaning; of
probability statements see
Decidability; as a scientific
characteristic of a theory section
6, 18–20, 28&n, 33, 48, 49n, 51,
55–6, 56, chapter IV, 57, 59, 60,
section 21, 64–6, 72, 82, 89n,
190, 249–50, 251, 278, 313–16,
458–9, see also Asymmetry;
Disproof; Testability
Falsification, evasion of xx, xxiii–xxiv,
13; in probability 194&n, 195; of a
theory 10, 20, 56, 56&n, 61, 63,
section 22, 67, 71, 72, 82, 86, 90,
114–15, 255&n, 265, 279, 315–16,
317, 385n, 452, see also
Asymmetry; Conventionalist
stratagem; Decisions,
concerning conventionalist
stratagem and concerning
outcome of tests; Disproof
Falsity 72, 125n, 249, 256, 257, 260,
274–5, see also Elimination,
method of; Potential falsifiers
Field of application of a theory
113t–15, 268, 283&n, 284, 393–4,
394–6, 419n, 430n–1n
Field of graphical representation
of a theory section 39, 114–17,
394–5, see also Curves
Field of probabilities, Borelian 336,
338, 350, 352–3t, 354–5
Fine structure, of probabilities
388t–91, 394
Fluctuationsprobabilistic 140–1,
165, 169, 193&n, 195–7, 198, 202,
subject index 501
see also Deviations; Statistical
stability
Formalization 328, 329n, 333, see
also Axioms
Frame conditions 198t, 199, see also
Experimental conditions
Frequency see Probability; Relative
frequency
Frequency limit 154n, 157, 160,
173–5, 179, 187&n, 296, 371–2
Fruitfulness xix, 15–16, 28–9, 30–1,
42, 59, 63, 89, see also Evolution
of science; Science, the aim of
Gambling systems, exclusion of
160t, 161&n, 162–3, 166n, 167n,
370–2, see also Randomness;
Selection
Games of chance, classical theory
of see Probability, formal calculus
of, classical
Generalization 45&n, 67n, 89, 123,
158–9, 270, 313, 442–4, 458–9,
see also Induction; Names,
universal; Universal statements;
Universals, problem of
Generating period xxvi, 151t, 152n,
154, 293–4
Geometry 51, 53, 116–19, section 45,
129–30, 316n
Graphic representation see Curves;
Field of graphic representation;
Geometry
Gravitation, corroboration of
Einstein’s and Newton’s theories
of 418n
Heisenberg’s formulae 209, 213–15,
216, 218&n–19, 222, 223, 232–3,
246, 303–4; involves auxiliary