Probability and Evidence Paperback / softback
by Paul Horwich
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Philosophy series
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In this volume, which was originally published in 1982, Paul Horwich presents a clear and unified approach to a number of problems in the philosophy of science.
He diagnoses the failure of other attempts to resolve them as stemming from a too-rigid, all-or-nothing conception of belief, and adopts instead a Bayesian strategy, emphasising the degree of confidence to which we are entitled the light of scientific evidence.
This probabilistic approach, he argues, yields a more complete understanding of the assumptions and procedures characteristic of scientific reasoning.
It also accounts for the merits of simplicity, severe tests and surprising predictions, and provides a way in which the dispute between the realist and instrumentalist views of science might be resolved.
The result is a crisp, well-focused contribution to the philosophy of science.
The elaboration of an important conception of probability will stimulate anyone with an interest in the field.
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- Pages:158 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:16/06/2011
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- ISBN:9780521283366
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- Pages:158 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
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- Publication Date:16/06/2011
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- ISBN:9780521283366
