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Paperback. Condition: New. Reasoning from inconclusive evidence, or 'induction', is central to science and any applications we make of it. For that reason alone it demands the attention of philosophers of science. This element explores the prospects of using probability theory to provide an inductive logic: a framework for representing evidential support. Constraints on the ideal evaluation of hypotheses suggest that the overall standing of a hypothesis is represented by its probability in light of the total evidence, and incremental support, or confirmation, indicated by the hypothesis having a higher probability conditional on some evidence than it does unconditionally. This proposal is shown to have the capacity to reconstruct many canons of the scientific method and inductive inference. Along the way, significant objections are discussed, such as the challenge of inductive scepticism, and the objection that the probabilistic approach makes evidential support arbitrary.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Philosophy of Probability: Contemporary Readings is the first anthology of essential readings in this important area of philosophy. Each section includes a helpful introduction by the editor, ensuring that this broad-ranging exploration of the subject is also highly accessible, making it ideal for any student of logic, philosophy of mathematics, or philosophy of science.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Philosophy of Probability: Contemporary Readings is the first anthology of essential readings in this important area of philosophy. Each section includes a helpful introduction by the editor, ensuring that this broad-ranging exploration of the subject is also highly accessible, making it ideal for any student of logic, philosophy of mathematics, or philosophy of science.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Reasoning from inconclusive evidence, or 'induction', is central to science and any applications we make of it. For that reason alone it demands the attention of philosophers of science. This element explores the prospects of using probability theory to provide an inductive logic: a framework for representing evidential support. Constraints on the ideal evaluation of hypotheses suggest that the overall standing of a hypothesis is represented by its probability in light of the total evidence, and incremental support, or confirmation, indicated by the hypothesis having a higher probability conditional on some evidence than it does unconditionally. This proposal is shown to have the capacity to reconstruct many canons of the scientific method and inductive inference. Along the way, significant objections are discussed, such as the challenge of inductive scepticism, and the objection that the probabilistic approach makes evidential support arbitrary.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. Philosophy of Probability: Contemporary Readings is the first anthology to collect essential readings in this important area of philosophy. Featuring the work of leading philosophers in the field such as Carnap, Hájek, Jeffrey, Joyce, Lewis, Loewer, Popper, Ramsey, van Fraassen, von Mises, and many others, the book looks in depth at the following key topics: subjective probability and credence probability updating: conditionalization and reflection Bayesian confirmation theory classical, logical, and evidential probability frequentism physical probability: propensities and objective chances.The book features a useful primer on the mathematics of probability, and each section includes an introduction by the editor, as well as a guide to further reading. A broad-ranging and highly accessible exploration of the subject, Philosophy of Probability is ideal for any student of formal epistemology, philosophy of science, metaphysics, or philosophy of mathematics.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2009 OUP hardcover edition. Unread copy in very good condition. From the cover: In recent decades, the analysis of causal relations has become a topic of central importance in analytic philosophy. More recently, dispositional properties have also become objects of intense study. Both of these phenomena appear to be intimately related to counterfactual conditionals and other modal phenomena such as objective chance, but little work has been done to directly relate them. Dispositions and Causes contains ten essays by scholars working in both metaphysics and in philosophy of science, examining the relation between dispositional and causal concepts. Particular issues discussed include the possibility of reducing dispositions to causes, and vice versa; the possibility of a nominalist theory of causal powers; the attempt to reduce all metaphysical necessity to dispositional properties; the relationship between dispositions, causes, and laws of nature; the role of causal capacities in explaining the success of scientific inquiry; the grounding of dispositions and causes in objective chances; and the type of causal power required for free agency. The introductory chapter contains a detailed overview of recent work in the area, providing a helpful entry to the literature for non-specialists. Contents List of Contributors 1. The Metaphysics of Dispositions and Causes - Toby Handfield 2. Dispositions, Causes, and Reduction - Jennifer McKitrick 3. Causal Structuralism, Dispositional Actualism, and Counterfactual Conditionals - Antony Eagle 4. Leaving Things to Take their Chances: Cause and Disposition Grounded in Chance - Stephen Barker 5. Causal Laws, Policy Predictions, and the Need for Genuine Powers - Nancy Cartwright 6. How is Scientific Analysis Possible? - Richard Corry 7. Agent-Causal Power -Timothy O'Connor 8. Structural Properties Revisited - Alexander Bird 9. Causal Nominalism - Ann Whittle 10. Why do the Laws Explain Why? - Marc Lange References Index.…

Condition: New. An anthology that collects the essential readings in the important area of philosophy. It looks at the following key topics: subjectivist views; logical and classical probability; frequentist probability; propensity and chance; conditionalization and reflection; confirmation theory; and, conditional probability. Editor(s): Eagle, Antony. Series: Routledge Contemporary Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 934. . 2010. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . …

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Paperback. Condition: New. Reasoning from inconclusive evidence, or 'induction', is central to science and any applications we make of it. For that reason alone it demands the attention of philosophers of science. This element explores the prospects of using probability theory to provide an inductive logic: a framework for representing evidential support. Constraints on the ideal evaluation of hypotheses suggest that the overall standing of a hypothesis is represented by its probability in light of the total evidence, and incremental support, or confirmation, indicated by the hypothesis having a higher probability conditional on some evidence than it does unconditionally. This proposal is shown to have the capacity to reconstruct many canons of the scientific method and inductive inference. Along the way, significant objections are discussed, such as the challenge of inductive scepticism, and the objection that the probabilistic approach makes evidential support arbitrary.…