The material theory of induction
The fundamental burden of a theory of inductive inference is to determine which are the good inductive inferences or relations of inductive support and why it is that they are so. The traditional approach is modeled on that taken in accounts of deductive inference. It seeks universally applicable sc...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Calgary, Alberta :
University of Calgary Press
[2021]
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| Colección: | BSPS Open
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009746887006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Prolog
- The Material Theory of Induction Stated and Illustrated
- What Powers Inductive Inference?
- Replicability of Experiment
- Analogy
- Epistemic Virtues and Epistemic Values: A Skeptical Critique
- Simplicity as a Surrogate
- Simplicity in Model Selection
- Inference to the Best Explanation: The General Account
- Inference to the Best Explanation: Examples
- Why Not Bayes
- Circularity in the Scoring Rule Vindication of Probabilities
- No Place to Stand: The Incompleteness of All Calculi of Inductive Inference
- Infinite Lottery Machines
- Uncountable Problems
- Indeterministic Physical Systems
- A Quantum Inductive Logic
- Epilog
- Index
