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Systematic Power

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

John G. Kemeny and
Paul Oppenheim
John G. Kemeny
Affiliation:
Darmouth College, Hanover, N. H., and Princeton, N.J.
Paul Oppenheim
Affiliation:
Darmouth College, Hanover, N. H., and Princeton, N.J.
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In 1948 Hempel and Oppenheim proposed an explicatum for the concept of systematic power 1, pp. 164–167. Since that time some shortcomings have been found in this first attempt. It is the purpose of this paper to show that one can keep the basic approach of the ‘48 paper, and overcome the known disadvantages by means of changes in the details of the definition. In this improvement certain tools will be used that were not available in 1948.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , January 1955, pp. 27 - 33
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1955

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Footnotes

1

In the main the contribution of Paul Oppenheim was limited to propounding some of the fundamental ideas. The authors wish to express their gratitude to C. G. Hempel for his constructive criticism.

References

1. Hempel, C. G. and Oppenheim, P., “Studies in the Logic of Explanation,” Philosophy of Science, Vol. 15 (1948), pp. 135-175.10.1086/286983CrossRefGoogle Scholar
2. Kemeny, John G., “Review of Quine's 'Two Dogmas of Empiricism',” Journal of Symbolic Logic, Vol. 17 (1952), pp. 281-283.10.2307/2266637CrossRefGoogle Scholar
3. Kemeny, John G., “A Logical Measure Function,” ibid., Vol. 18 (1953), pp. 289-308.Google Scholar