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041			_aeng
050			_aBC141 _b.C288l 1967
100			_aCarnap, Rudolf
245		0	_aLogical foundations of probability _b/ _cRudolf Carnap
260			_aLondon : _bUniv. of Chicago Press, _c1967
300			_a611 p. _b; _c23 cm.
505			_aLaws, explanations, and probability : The value of laws: explanation and prediction -- Induction and statistical probability -- Induction and logical probability -- The experimental method -- Measurement and quantitative language : Three kinds of concepts in science -- The measurement of quantitative concepts -- Extensive magnitudes -- Time -- Length -- Derived magnitudes and the quantitative language -- Merits of the quantitative method -- The magic view of language -- The structure of space : Euclid’s parallel postulate -- Non-Euclidean geometries -- Poincare versus Einstein -- Space in relativity theory -- Advantages of non-Euclidean physical geometry -- Kant’s synthetic A priori -- Causality and determinism : Causality -- Does causality imply necessity? -- The logic of causal modalities -- Determinism and free will -- Theoretical laws and theoretical concepts : Theories and nonobservables -- Correspondence rules -- How new empirical laws are derived from theoretical laws -- The Ramsey sentence -- Analyticity in an observation language -- Analyticity in a theoretical language -- Beyond determinism : Statistical laws -- Indeterminism in quantum physics.
650			_aProbabilities.
999			_c40089 _d40089