Probability is the very guide of life the philosophical uses of chance

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Kyburg, Henry Ely, 1928- editor literario (editor literario), Thalos, Mariam, 1962- editor literario
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Open Court 2003.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Reichenbach, reference classes, and single-case 'probabilities' / James H. Fetzer
  • Direct inference and the problem of induction / Timothy McGrew
  • Objective modality and direct inference / Isaac Levi
  • Severe testing as a guide for inductive learning / Deborah G. Mayo
  • Bayesian meets frequentist: a marriage made in California / James R. Henderson
  • Probability as a guide in life / Henry E. Kyburg, Jr.
  • A dilemma for objective chance / Phil Dowe
  • Simpson's paradox: a logically benign, empirically treacherous hydra / Gary Malinas
  • Conditional probability is the very guide of life / Alan Hájek
  • Causal generalizations and good advice / Christopher Hitchcock
  • Instrumental probability / Clark Glymour
  • What is wrong with Bayes nets? / Nancy Cartwright
  • Don't take unnecessary chances! / Henry E. Kyburg, Jr.
  • The reduction of causation / Mariam Thalos
  • Is it a crime to belong to a reference class? / Mark Colyvan, Helen M. Regan, and Scott Ferson
  • Explaining things probabilistically / Wesley C. Salmon.