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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777882403321

Titolo

Induction, probability, and confirmation [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Grover Maxwell and Robert M. Anderson, Jr., for the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1975

ISBN

0-8166-0004-X

1-4294-6260-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (560 p.)

Collana

Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; ; v. 6

Altri autori (Persone)

MaxwellGrover

AndersonRobert M. <1943->

Disciplina

501 s161

Soggetti

Verification (Logic)

Induction (Logic)

Probabilities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

Induction, Probability, and Confirmation