Probability and Inference: Essays in Honour of Henry E. Kyburg Jr. (Texts in Philosophy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904987184 ISBN 13: 9781904987185

Publisher: College Publications, 2007

Synopsis

Recent advances in philosophy, artificial intelligence, mathematical psychology, and the decision sciences have brought a renewed focus to the role and interpretation of probability in theories of uncertain reasoning. Henry E. Kyburg, Jr. has long resisted the now dominate Bayesian approach to the role of probability in scientific inference and practical decision. The sharp contrasts between the Bayesian approach and Kyburg's program offer a uniquely powerful framework within which to study several issues at the heart of scientific inference, decision, and reasoning under uncertainty. The commissioned essays for this volume take measure of the scope and impact of Kyburg's views on probability and scientific inference, and include several new and important contributions to the field. Contributors: Gert de Cooman, Clark Glymour, William Harper, Isaac Levi, Ron Loui, Enrique Miranda, John Pollock, Teddy Seidenfeld, Choh Man Teng, Mariam Thalos, Gregory Wheeler, Jon Williamson, and Henry E. Kyburg, Jr.

Edition details

• Publisher: College Publications
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904987184
• ISBN 13: 9781904987185
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: William Harper, Gregory Wheeler