"confirmational" meaning in English

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          "text": "Unlike the standard ‘Quine–Putnam’ argument given in Sect. 1, these arguments do not invoke confirmational holism.",
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        "Of or pertaining to the confirmation of one theory or observation by others."
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        "(philosophy) Of or pertaining to the confirmation of one theory or observation by others."
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        "(philosophy) Of or pertaining to the confirmation of one theory or observation by others."
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