Probability and Evidence

By:

Paul Horwich

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Series:

Cambridge Studies in Philosophy

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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.

Release date NZ

June 16th, 2011

Author

Paul Horwich

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

158

Series

Cambridge Studies in Philosophy

Dimensions

140x216x9

ISBN-13

9780521283366

Product ID

10401411

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