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

• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1975
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (560 p.)
• Disciplina: 501 s161
• Soggetto topico: Verification (Logic); Induction (Logic); Probabilities
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MaxwellGrover AndersonRobert M. <1943->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Induction, probability, and confirmation
• ISBN: 0-8166-0004-X; 1-4294-6260-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451748403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; ; v. 6.