Probable explanation

Australasian Journal of Philosophy 54 (3):231 – 241 (1976)
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The logic of scientific discovery.Karl Raimund Popper - 1934 - New York: Routledge. Edited by Hutchinson Publishing Group.
Logical foundations of probability.Rudolf Carnap - 1950 - Chicago]: Chicago University of Chicago Press.
Thought.Gilbert Harman - 1973 - Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton University Press.
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