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Wir sind gerne für Sie daIn 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.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780521237581
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-521-23758-1
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Erscheinungstermin: 22.07.1982
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 1982
- Serie: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 325 g
- Seiten: 154
- Format (B x H): 138 x 216 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
- Nachauflage: 978-0-521-28336-6