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Autore |
Achinstein Peter |
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Titolo |
The book of evidence [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Achinstein |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-983302-8 |
9786610427918 |
1-280-42791-4 |
1-4237-5646-0 |
0-19-803291-9 |
1-60256-488-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (299 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford studies in philosophy of science |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Evidence |
Logic |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""1. The Dean's Challenge""; ""2. Concepts of Evidence, or How the Electron Got Its Charge""; ""3. Two Major Probabilistic Theories of Evidence""; ""4. What's Wrong with These Probabilistic Theories of Evidence?""; ""5. Objective Epistemic Probability""; ""6. Evidence, High Probability, and Belief""; ""7. The Explanatory Connection""; ""8. Final Definitions and Realism""; ""9. Two Paradoxes of Evidence: Ravens and Grue""; ""10. Explanation versus Prediction: Which Carries More Evidential Weight?""; ""11. Old-Age and New-Age Holism"" |
""12. Evidence for Molecules: Jean Perrin and Molecular Reality""""13. Who Really Discovered the Electron?""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What is required for something to be evidence for an hypothesis? In this text, Peter Achinstein, introduces here a basic concept of potential evidence which is characterised using a novel epistemic interpretation of probability. |
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