The logic of reliable inquiry / Kevin T. Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, Kevin T. (Kevin Thomas), 1933- author.

Series:

Logic and computation in philosophy.

Oxford scholarship online.

Logic and computation in philosophy

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research--Methodology.

Research.

Research--Evaluation.

Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.

Cognitive learning theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv,434p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This illustrated work searches for the answers to such questions as whether standard methodological recommendations help or hinder the reliability of inquiry. It uses techniques and concepts drawn from formal learning theory, topology and the theory of computability.

Contents:

Introduction; 1. Reliable Inquiry; 2. The Demons of Passive Observation; 3. Topology and Ideal Hypothesis Assessment; 4. Continuity, Reducibility, and the Game of Science; 5. The Demons of Computability; 6. Computers in Search of Truth; 7. So Much Time, Such Little Brains; 8. The Logic of Ideal Discovery; 9. Computerized Discobvery; 10. Prediction; 11. The Assessment and Discovery of First-order Theories; 12. Probability and Reliability; 13. Experiment and Causal Inference; 14. Relativism and Reliability

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773079-5

1-280-44176-3

9786610441761

0-19-535787-6

OCLC:

503627736