There would be cases where we would not want to accept an...

There would be cases where we would not want to accept an hypothesis even though the evidence gives a high d. c. [degree of confirmation] score, because we are fearful of the consequences of a wrong decision.

C. West Churchman

p. 256; cited in Sharyn Clough (2003) Siblings Under the Skin: Feminism, Social Justice, and Analytic Philosophy. p. 284 - Theory of Experimental Inference (1948)

C. West Churchman Quotes

There would be cases where we would not want to accept an hypothesis even though the evidence gives a high d. c. [degree of confirmation] score,...

There would be cases where we would not want to accept an hypothesis even though the evidence gives a high d. c. [degree of confirmation] score,...

There would be cases where we would not want to accept an hypothesis even though the evidence gives a high d. c. [degree of confirmation] score,...

There would be cases where we would not want to accept an hypothesis even though the evidence gives a high d. c. [degree of confirmation] score,...