02974nam 2200769Ia 450 991097165330332120250711181523.00-19-983302-897866104279181-280-42791-41-4237-5646-00-19-803291-91-60256-488-4(CKB)1000000000362966(EBL)3052448(OCoLC)191038418(SSID)ssj0000113774(PQKBManifestationID)11828169(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113774(PQKBWorkID)10101307(PQKB)10943152(SSID)ssj0000085631(PQKBManifestationID)12015406(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085631(PQKBWorkID)10025511(PQKB)11486841(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075490(MiAaPQ)EBC3052448(MiAaPQ)EBC272826(Au-PeEL)EBL3052448(CaPaEBR)ebr10212287(CaONFJC)MIL42791(Au-PeEL)EBL272826(OCoLC)46884203(FINmELB)ELB163135(EXLCZ)99100000000036296620010418d2001 uy 0engur|n|||||||||txtccrThe book of evidence /Peter Achinstein1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20011 online resource (290 pages) illustrationsOxford studies in philosophy of scienceDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-514389-2 0-19-517171-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.The dean's challenge -- Concepts of evidence, or how the electron got its charge -- Two major prbabilistic theories of evidence -- What's wrong with these probabilistic theories of evidence? -- Objective epistemic probability -- Evidence, high probability, and belief -- The explanatory connection -- Final definitions and realism -- Two paradoxes of evidence : ravens and grue -- Explanation versus prediction : which carries more evidential weight? -- Old-age and new-age holism -- Evidence for molecules : Jean Perrin and molecular reality -- Who really discovered the electron?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.Oxford studies in philosophy of science.EvidenceLogicEvidence.Logic.121/.65Achinstein Peter44146MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971653303321The book of evidence4404554UNINA