MICHALOS (Alex C.)

The Popper-Carnap Controversy.

First edition. 8vo. [12], 124 pp. Original printed card wrappers (spine faded, otherwise a near fine copy). The Hague, Martinus Nijoff, 1971.

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MICHALOS (Alex C.)
The Popper-Carnap Controversy.

The published version of the author’s doctoral dissertation summarising the main points of contention between Karl Popper and Rudolf Carnap over the identification of degree for confirmation with degree of probability, along with various figures drawn into the dispute in subsequent years, including an examination of Imre Lakatos’ 1968 paper ‘Changes in the problem of inductive logic’.

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