Evidence, Inference and Enquiry: 171 (Proceedings of the British Academy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0197264840 ISBN 13: 9780197264843

Publisher: The British Academy, 2011

Synopsis

Evidence - its nature and interpretation - is the key to many topical debates and concerns such as global warming, evolution, the search for weapons of mass destruction, DNA profiling, evidence-based medicine. In 2004 University College London launched a cross-disciplinary research programme "Evidence, Inference and Enquiry" to explore the question: "Can there be an integrated multidisciplinary science of evidence?" While this question was hotly contested and no clear final consensus emerged, much was learned on the journey. This book, based on the closing conference of the programme held at the British Academy in December 2007, illustrates the complexity of the subject, with 17 chapters written from a diversity of perspectives including Archaeology, Computer Science, Economics, Education, Health, History, Law, Psychology, Philosophy and Statistics. General issues covered include principles and systems for handling complex evidence, evidence for policy-making, and human evidence-processing, as well as the very possibility of systematising the study of evidence.

About this title

About the Author

William Twining is Quain Professor of Jurisprudence Emeritus at University College London.

Philip Dawid is Professor of Statistics at the University of Cambridge.

Edition details

• Publisher: The British Academy
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197264840
• ISBN 13: 9780197264843
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 504
• Editor: Dawid Philip, Twining William, Vasilaki Mimi