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Induction, Probability, and Confirmation.

Induction, Probability, and Confirmation.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maxwell, Grover
Otros Autores: Jr., Robert M. Anderson
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1975.
Colección:Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.