Abstract
The minimal foundational theory of the justification of empirical statements is F3, namely:
F3. Any empirical statement, p, would be acceptable for person s at time t, if and only if it would be true that: either p is initially acceptable for s at t; or (i) there is an E-series for p that justifies p for s at t, and (ii) each E-series that justifies p for s at t contains some empirical statement that is initially acceptable for s at t.
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D. Kaplan, ‘Explanation Revisited’, Philosophy of Science 28 (1961), 435
See C. Hempel, Aspects of Scientific Explanation, New York: Free Press, 1965, p. 426
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Cornman, J.W. (1980). A Foundational Theory with Explanatory Coherence. In: Skepticism, Justification, and Explanation. Philosophical Studies Series in Philosophy, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8958-0_7
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