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One of the central problems in the philosophy of science is the problem of accounting for the support that theories and generalizations receive or may receive. This support may come from various sources, which have two main types. One is empirical information obtained by means of observation and experimentation, and the other is theoretical information obtained from other theories and generalizations belonging to the same nomological network. We call these two types of support observational and theoretical support, respectively.
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© 1973 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland
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Niiniluoto, I., Tuomela, R. (1973). Corroboration and Theoretical Concepts. In: Theoretical Concepts and Hypothetico-Inductive Inference. Synthese Library, vol 53. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2596-6_8
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