confirmational
adjEtymology From confirmation + -al.
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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences Of or pertaining to the confirmation of one theory or observation by others.
- Unlike the standard ‘Quine–Putnam’ argument given in Sect. 1, these arguments do not invoke confirmational holism.2007 September 28, David Liggins, “Quine, Putnam, and the ‘Quine–Putnam’ Indispensability Argument”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 1, →DOI:
- Related terms
- disconfirmational