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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maxwell, Grover.

Anderson, Robert M., 1943-

University of Minnesota. Center for the Philosophy of Science.

Series:

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

Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Verification (Logic).

Induction (Logic).

Probabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (560 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1975.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Induction, Probability, and Confirmation

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

0-8166-0004-X

1-4294-6260-4

OCLC:

171126421

Publisher Number:

9780816607365