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| Significance: Significance refers to the importance, meaning, or relevance of something within a particular context or in relation to a specific purpose or understanding. In statistics, significance refers to the probability that an observed result is due to chance alone. A result is considered to be statistically significant if it is unlikely to occur by chance if the null hypothesis is true. See also Statistics, Chance, Probability, Differences, Meaning. _____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Carl Hempel on Significance - Dictionary of Arguments
II 110 Cognitive Significance/Hempel: it is false to assume that two statements have the same cognitive significance, if they are verified by the same set of observation sentences. >Verification, >Confirmation, >Observation sentence. Then two laws would always have the same cognitive significance because they are verified by no set. This is something quite different from the positivist criterion of meaning. Positivist criterion of meaning/Russell: two statements, whose verified consequences are the same, have the same significance. - ((s) Most authorsVsHempel.) II 143 Cognitive Significance/Hempel: not individual statements, but systems are cognitive significant. Ultimately, the following aspects are a matter of judgment: clarity, accuracy, forecast capacity, simplicity, degree of confirmation. >Systems._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Hempel I Carl Hempel "On the Logical Positivist’s Theory of Truth" in: Analysis 2, pp. 49-59 In Wahrheitstheorien, Gunnar Skirbekk, Frankfurt/M. 1977 Hempel II Carl Hempel Problems and Changes in the Empirist Criterion of Meaning, in: Revue Internationale de Philosophie 11, 1950 German Edition: Probleme und Modifikationen des empiristischen Sinnkriteriums In Philosophie der idealen Sprache, J. Sinnreich, München 1982 Hempel II (b) Carl Hempel The Concept of Cognitive Significance: A Reconsideration, in: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 80, 1951 German Edition: Der Begriff der kognitiven Signifikanz: eine erneute Betrachtung In Philosophie der idealen Sprache, J. Sinnreich, München 1982 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18