Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 10:35:22 +0900 From: Michael Greer <michael-AT-sdt820.chonju-tc.ac.kr> Subject: PLC: Science or Poetry? Any discussion of science should take place within the context of Hempel's work on induction. Doesn't his position show that the hypothetical-deductive approach to questions concerning phenomena relies on the trope of invention: we simply make up something and then see if the data cohere with that something. "Confirmation" is then what takes place when all the necessary "evidence" have been organized to harmonize with the "hypothesis". This is not a statement: it's a request for clarification. Michael Greer
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