Probability and Evidence

di Paul Horwich (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2011

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.

• Autore: Paul Horwich
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
• Anno: 2011
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 158 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• Peso: 210 gr.
• EAN: 9780521283366

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