Lexicon of Arguments

 Philosophical and Scientific Issues in Dispute
 
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II 110
Cognitive Significance/Hempel: it is false to assume that two statements have the same cognitive significance, if they are verified by the same set of observation sentences.
>Verification, >Confirmation, >Observation sentence.
Then two laws would always have the same cognitive significance because they are verified by no set. This is something quite different from the positivist criterion of meaning.
Positivist criterion of meaning/Russell: two statements, whose verified consequences are the same, have the same significance. - ((s) Most authorsVsHempel.)
II 143
Cognitive Significance/Hempel: not individual statements, but systems are cognitive significant. Ultimately, the following aspects are a matter of judgment: clarity, accuracy, forecast capacity, simplicity, degree of confirmation.
>Systems.

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