Abstract
This article shows that Popper's measure of corroboration is inapplicable if, as Popper argued, the logical probability of synthetic universal statements is zero relative to any evidence that we might possess. It goes on to show that Popper's definition of degree of testability, in terms of degree of logical content, suffers from a similar problem.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 739-745 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | British Journal for the Philosophy of Science |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 11 Dec 2012 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 2013 |
Funding
This work was supported by the British Academy, by way of a Postdoctoral Fellowship.