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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Cambridge Univ Pr
Publication date
June 30, 2011
Pages
146
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reissue
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780521283366
ISBN-10
0521283361
Dimensions
0.25 by 5.75 by 8.75 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
Original list price
$39.99
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: 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.
Editions
Hardcover
from Cambridge Univ Pr (June 13, 2016)
9781107142107 | details & prices | 140 pages | List price $89.99
About: In this influential study of central issues in the philosophy of science, Paul Horwich elaborates on an important conception of probability, diagnosing the failure of previous attempts to resolve these issues as stemming from a too-rigid conception of belief.
About: In this influential study of central issues in the philosophy of science, Paul Horwich elaborates on an important conception of probability, diagnosing the failure of previous attempts to resolve these issues as stemming from a too-rigid conception of belief.
Paperback
from Cambridge Univ Pr (June 13, 2016)
9781316507018 | details & prices | 152 pages | List price $24.99
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Reissue edition from Cambridge Univ Pr (June 30, 2011)
9780521283366 | details & prices | 146 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.25 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $39.99
About: 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.
About: 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.
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