Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Publication Date
12-1-2013
Volume
64
Issue
4
First Page
739
Last Page
745
Abstract
This article shows that Popper's measure of corroboration is inapplicable if, as Popper argued, the logical probability of synthetic universal statements is zero relative to any evidence that we might possess. It goes on to show that Popper's definition of degree of testability, in terms of degree of logical content, suffers from a similar problem.
DOI
10.1093/bjps/axs029
Print ISSN
00070882
E-ISSN
14643537
Publisher Statement
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Full-text Version
Pre-print
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Rowbottom, D. P. (2013). Popper's measure of corroboration and P(h|b). British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 64(4), 739-745. doi: 10.1093/bjps/axs029