<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this paper, I focus on the so-called ‘tacking by disjunction problem.’ Namely, the problem to the effect that, if a hypothesis <italic>h</italic> is confirmed by a statement <italic>e</italic>, <italic>h</italic> is confirmed by the disjunction <italic>e</italic> ∨ <italic>f</italic>, for whatever statement <italic>f</italic>. I show that the attempt to settle this difficulty made by Grimes 1990, in a paper apparently forgotten by today methodologists, is irremediably faulty.</p></abstract>

In this paper, I focus on the so-called ‘tacking by disjunction problem.’ Namely, the problem to the effect that, if a hypothesis h is confirmed by a statement e, h is confirmed by the disjunction e ∨ f, for whatever statement f. I show that the attempt to settle this difficulty made by Grimes 1990, in a paper apparently forgotten by today methodologists, is irremediably faulty.

Grimes on the tacking by disjunction problem

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In this paper, I focus on the so-called ‘tacking by disjunction problem.’ Namely, the problem to the effect that, if a hypothesis h is confirmed by a statement...

Grimes on the tacking by disjunction problem

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2004-0008

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