Format:
1 Online-Ressource (560 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
081660004X
,
9780816600045
Series Statement:
Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Content:
Induction, Probability, and Confirmation
Content:
CONTENTS; CONFIRMATION AND RELEVANCE; CARNAP'S EMPIRICISM; BAYESIAN METHODS AND THE INITIAL PROBABILITIES OF THEORIES; INDUCTION AND EMPIRICISM: A BAYESIAN-FREQUENTIST ALTERNATIVE; SHIMONY'S A PRIORI ARGUMENTS FOR TEMPERED PERSONALISM; VINDICATION: A REPLY TO PAUL TELLER; THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL ROOTS OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; THE USES OF PROBABILITY AND THE CHOICE OF A REFERENCE CLASS; INDUCTION, RATIONAL ACCEPTANCE, AND MINIMALLY INCONSISTENT SETS; CONFIRMATION AND PARSIMONY; COMMENTS ON "CONFIRMATION AND PARSIMONY''; REJOINDER TO PROFESSOR TELLER; THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS
Content:
NAMES, RANDOM SAMPLES, AND CARNAPPRESUPPOSITIONS OF PROPENSITY THEORIES OF PROBABILITY; POPPER'S PROPENSITY INTERPRETATION OF PROBABILITY AND QUANTUM MECHANICS; THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INFERENCE AND EXPECTATION: SOME PRELIMINARY REMARKS; MACH'S PRINCIPLE AND THE LAWS OF LOGIC; PHYSICAL LAWS AND THE NATURE OF PHILOSOPHICAL REDUCTION; PARADOXES OF COSMOLOGICAL SELF-REFERENCE; INDEXES
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780816607365
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780816607365
Language:
English
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