 Applicability also represented an obstacle for the logical interpretation, which was reputed “to provide no basis for expecting the probable in preference to the improbable” (Salmon 1967a: 79). In Salmon 1967a and elsewhere, notably Salmon 1967b, 1969 [2005], and 1975b [2005], Salmon discussed in great detail Carnap’s inductive logic, which he rated highly for shedding light on a number of important aspects of confirmation and induction. At the same time, he deemed that