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Perspective voyage · 1946–1955

Goodman — Rival descriptions of the same evidence

With the same observations, why treat some classifications as guides to the future but not others?

The question that moves this idea

How far can the past support the future?

Instead of memorizing a conclusion, follow the evidence scenes to see what this perspective distinguishes and where its explanation stops.

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“A Query on Confirmation” appeared in 1946 in `The Journal of Philosophy`, volume 43, issue 14, pages 383–385.

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  • A Query on Confirmation

    Nelson Goodman · 1946 · The Journal of Philosophy 43(14), 383–385

    Locator: Article metadata, pages 383–385

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1946 CE · 1946

A Query on Confirmation appears in The Journal of Philosophy.

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