（a b ）


 ad hoc hypothesis 特设性假说
 anomaly 反常
 auxiliary assumption 辅助假定
 auxiliary hypothesis 辅助假说


 basic statement 基本陈述
 behaviourism 行为主义


 conceptual framework 概念框架
 confirm 确证
 confirmation 确证
 conjecture 推测
 conventionalism 约定论 


 conversion 改宗、改变信仰
 corroborate 确认
 corroboration 确认
 counter-induction 反归纳
 critical rationalism 批判理性主义


 critical realism 批判实在论
 critical thought 批判思维
 crucial experiment 判决性实验