Andrew This is about the first part of your P.S. in #4200 > P.S. I agree with you on the need for theories and interpretations to be > susceptible of empirical disconfirmation (though I also think confirming > evidence can sometimes be meaningful; it is a matter of probabilities). > Is this an endorsement of Bayesianism? But why only "sometimes" meaningful? (Presumably if evidence is indeed confirmatory it must raise one's degree of belief). Julian
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