Author: Richard SwinburnePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Induction (Mathematics)
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
An Introduction to Confirmation Theory
Author: Richard SwinburnePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Induction (Mathematics)
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
An Introduction to Confirmation Theory
Author: Richard SwinburnePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Induction (Mathematics).
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Theory and Reality
Author: Peter Godfrey-SmithPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022677113X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is “really” like? What makes it different from other ways of understanding the universe? In Theory and Reality, Peter Godfrey-Smith addresses these questions by taking the reader on a grand tour of more than a hundred years of debate about science. The result is a completely accessible introduction to the main themes of the philosophy of science. Examples and asides engage the beginning student, a glossary of terms explains key concepts, and suggestions for further reading are included at the end of each chapter. Like no other text in this field, Theory and Reality combines a survey of recent history of the philosophy of science with current key debates that any beginning scholar or critical reader can follow. The second edition is thoroughly updated and expanded by the author with a new chapter on truth, simplicity, and models in science.
Bayes Or Bust?
Author: John EarmanPublisher: Bradford Books
ISBN: 9780262050463
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
There is currently no viable alternative to the Bayesian analysis of scientific inference, yet the available versions of Bayesianism fail to do justice to several aspects of the testing and confirmation of scientific hypotheses. Bayes or Bust? provides the first balanced treatment of the complex set of issues involved in this nagging conundrum in the philosophy of science. Both Bayesians and anti-Bayesians will find a wealth of new insights on topics ranging from Bayes's original paper to contemporary formal learning theory. In a paper published posthumously in 1763, the Reverend Thomas Bayes made a seminal contribution to the understanding of "analogical or inductive reasoning." Building on his insights, modem Bayesians have developed an account of scientific inference that has attracted numerous champions as well as numerous detractors. Earman argues that Bayesianism provides the best hope for a comprehensive and unified account of scientific inference, yet the presently available versions of Bayesianisin fail to do justice to several aspects of the testing and confirming of scientific theories and hypotheses. By focusing on the need for a resolution to this impasse, Earman sharpens the issues on which a resolution turns. John Earman is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh.
Discussion on infirmities of confirmation-theory
Author: Nelson GoodmanConfirmation Theory, Confirmation Logic and Some Applications
Author: Chao-Tien LinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Verification (Logic)
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Handbook of Research on Contemporary Theoretical Models in Information Systems
Author: Dwivedi, Yogesh K.Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1605666602
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
"This book provides a comprehensive understanding and coverage of the various theories, models and related research approaches used within IS research"--Provided by publisher.
The Foundations of Scientific Inference
Author: Wesley SalmonPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822971259
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Not since Ernest Nagel’s 1939 monograph on the theory of probability has there been a comprehensive elementary survey of the philosophical problems of probablity and induction. This is an authoritative and up-to-date treatment of the subject, and yet it is relatively brief and nontechnical. Hume’s skeptical arguments regarding the justification of induction are taken as a point of departure, and a variety of traditional and contemporary ways of dealing with this problem are considered. The author then sets forth his own criteria of adequacy for interpretations of probability. Utilizing these criteria he analyzes contemporary theories of probability, as well as the older classical and subjective interpretations.
Problems in Confirmation Theory
Author: Paul Richard TellerPerception, Theory, and Commitment
Author: Harold I. BrownPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226076188
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
With originality and clarity, Harold Brown outlines first the logical empiricist tradition and then the more historical and process-oriented approach he calls the “new philosophy of science.” Examining the two together, he describes the very transition between them as an example of the kind of change in historical tradition with which the new philosophy of science concerns itself. “I would recommend it to every historian of science and to every philosopher of science. . . . I found it clear, readable, accurate, cogent, insightful, perceptive, judicious, and full of original ideas.” —Maurice A. Finocchiaro, Isis “The best and most original aspect of the book is its overall conception.” —Thomas S. Kuhn Harold I. Brown is professor of philosophy at Northern Illinois University.