The Foundations of Scientific Inference : 50th Anniversary Edition /

"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 theroy, Fifty years later, Wesley C. Salmon's book remains one of the clearest introdu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Salmon, Wesley C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2017]
Edición:Fiftieth anniversity edition
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Science > Philosophy.
Probabilities.
Inference.
Induction (Mathematics)
SCIENCE > General.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
probability.
Inference (Logique)
Probabilites.
Induction (Mathematiques)
Probability
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introductory essay / Christopher Hitchcock
  • Introduction
  • The problem of induction
  • Attempted solutions
  • Significance of the problem
  • The philosophical problem of probability
  • Interpretations of probability
  • Inferring relative frequencies
  • The confirmation of scientific hypotheses
  • Conclusion.

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