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UNINA9910777882403321 |
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Titolo |
Induction, probability, and confirmation [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Grover Maxwell and Robert M. Anderson, Jr., for the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1975 |
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0-8166-0004-X |
1-4294-6260-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (560 p.) |
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Collana |
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Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; ; v. 6 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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MaxwellGrover |
AndersonRobert M. <1943-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Verification (Logic) |
Induction (Logic) |
Probabilities |
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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 bibliographies and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Induction, Probability, and Confirmation |
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