The foundations of scientific inference / Wesley C. Salmon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salmon, Wesley C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (157 p.) illus.

Edition:

Fiftieth anniversary edition.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017.

Summary:

After its publication in 1967, The Foundations of Scientific Inference taught a generation of students and researchers about the problem of induction, the interpretation of probability, and confirmation theory. Fifty years later, Wesley C. Salmon's book remains one of the clearest introductions to these fundamental problems in the philosophy of science. This anniversary edition of Salmon's foundational work features a detailed introduction by Christopher Hitchcock, which examines the book's origins, influences, and major themes, its impact and enduring effects, the disputes it raised, and its place in current studies, revisiting Salmon's ideas for a new audience of philosophers, historians, scientists, and students.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introductory Essay, by Christopher Hitchcock

Introduction

I. The Problem with Induction

II. Attempted Solutions

III. Significance of the Problem

IV. The Philosophical Problem of Probability

V. Interpretations of Probability

VI. Inferring Relative Frequencies

VII. The Confirmation of Scientific Hypotheses

Conclusion

Notes

Addendum

Index.

Notes:

"Pitt paperback, 28."

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 132-141)

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 18, 2017).

ISBN:

9780822982944

0822982943

OCLC:

497177248