LEADER 03159nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910784575403321 005 20230627152135.0 010 $a0-19-983302-8 010 $a9786610427918 010 $a1-280-42791-4 010 $a1-4237-5646-0 010 $a0-19-803291-9 010 $a1-60256-488-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000362966 035 $a(EBL)3052448 035 $a(OCoLC)191038418 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000113774 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11828169 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113774 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10101307 035 $a(PQKB)10943152 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000085631 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12015406 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085631 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10025511 035 $a(PQKB)11486841 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075490 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3052448 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC272826 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3052448 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10212287 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL42791 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL272826 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000362966 100 $a20010418d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe book of evidence$b[electronic resource] /$fPeter Achinstein 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (299 p.) 225 1 $aOxford studies in philosophy of science 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-514389-2 311 $a0-19-517171-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 330 8 $aWhat is required for something to be evidence for an hypothesis? In this text, Peter Achinstein, introduces here a basic concept of potential evidence which is characterised using a novel epistemic interpretation of probability. 410 0$aOxford studies in philosophy of science. 606 $aEvidence 606 $aLogic 615 0$aEvidence. 615 0$aLogic. 676 $a121/.65 700 $aAchinstein$b Peter$044146 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784575403321 996 $aThe book of evidence$93867971 997 $aUNINA