Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi.", Volume 72N. Zanichelli, 1979 - Nuclear physics |
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... induction has been « justified » ? Perhaps , we would like to deduce the soundness of induction . But the question soon arises : to deduce from what ? Perhaps , from a universally accepted truth ; but that some form of induction must be ...
... induction has been « justified » ? Perhaps , we would like to deduce the soundness of induction . But the question soon arises : to deduce from what ? Perhaps , from a universally accepted truth ; but that some form of induction must be ...
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... induction is actually applied in physics ( quid facti ? ) . Physicists have a long record of using induction as a tool . It is well known that , by doing experiments and applying the inductive procedure , they have learned a lot about ...
... induction is actually applied in physics ( quid facti ? ) . Physicists have a long record of using induction as a tool . It is well known that , by doing experiments and applying the inductive procedure , they have learned a lot about ...
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... induction . But they can very well make use of such forms of inference on a heuristic level . For instance , in any trial and error procedure , the trials are suggested by some sort of induction , otherwise they would not make sense ...
... induction . But they can very well make use of such forms of inference on a heuristic level . For instance , in any trial and error procedure , the trials are suggested by some sort of induction , otherwise they would not make sense ...
Contents
The discovery of the law of radioactive decay | 6 |
Early models of the nucleus | 15 |
Final remarks | 21 |
Copyright | |
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