A reply to mr. Watkins

Australasian Journal of Philosophy 38 (1):51 – 54 (1960)
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Discusses whether Watkins, following Popper, holds a "labour theory of confirmation" (of scientific hypotheses, that is, holds that there is some logical connection between there being evidence for a hypothesis and efforts having been made to test it.

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Mr. Stove's blunders.J. W. N. Watkins - 1959 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 37 (3):240 – 241.

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