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Contents
INTRODUCTION, by Philipp G. Frank vii
Chapter I. Acceptance of Scientific Theories
THE VARIETY OF REASONS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF SCIEN-
TIFIC THEORIES, by Philipp G. Frank 		3
A PRAGMATIC THEORY OF INDUCTION, by C. West Churchman
18
VALUE JUDGMENTS IN THE ACCEPTANCE OF THEORIES, by
Richard Rudner 		24
INFLUENCE OF POLITICAL CREEDS ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF
THEORIES, by Barrington Moore Jr. 		29
Chapter II. The Present State of Operationalism
INTERPRETATIONS AND MISINTERPRETATIONS OF OPERATION-
ALISM, by Henry Margenau 		39
SENSE AND NONSENSE IN OPERATIONISM, by Gustav Bergmann
41
A LOGICAL APPRAISAL OF OPERATIONISM, by Carl G. Hempel 52
OPERATIONALISM IN PHYSICS, by R. B. Lindsay 67
THE PRESENT STATE OF OPERATIONALISM, by P. W. Bridgman 74
BEYOND OPERATIONALISM, by Raymond J. Seeger 80
OPERATIONISM AND RELATIVITY, by Adolf Grünbaum 84
Chapter III. Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory
CONFIRMATION OF PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORIES, by Else Frenkel-Brunswik
97
CRITIQUE OF PSYCHOANALYTIC CONCEPTS AND THEORIES, by
B. F. Skinner 		115
THE SCIENTIFIC STATUS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS, by Jerome RICHFIELD
128

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Validation of Scientific Theories. Contributors: Philipp G. Frank - editor. Publisher: Beacon Press. Place of Publication: Boston. Publication Year: 1956. Page Number: v.
    
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