Bayes or Bust?: A Critical Examination of Bayesian Confirmation Theory - Hardcover

Earman, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262050463 ISBN 13: 9780262050463

Verlag: MIT Press, 1992

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There is currently no viable alternative to the Bayesian analysis of scientific inference, yet the available versions of Bayesianism fail to do justice to several aspects of the testing and confirmation of scientific hypotheses. Bayes or Bust? provides the first balanced treatment of the complex set of issues involved in this nagging conundrum in the philosophy of science. Both Bayesians and anti-Bayesians will find a wealth of new insights on topics ranging from Bayes's original paper to contemporary formal learning theory.

In a paper published posthumously in 1763, the Reverend Thomas Bayes made a seminal contribution to the understanding of "analogical or inductive reasoning." Building on his insights, modem Bayesians have developed an account of scientific inference that has attracted numerous champions as well as numerous detractors. Earman argues that Bayesianism provides the best hope for a comprehensive and unified account of scientific inference, yet the presently available versions of Bayesianisin fail to do justice to several aspects of the testing and confirming of scientific theories and hypotheses. By focusing on the need for a resolution to this impasse, Earman sharpens the issues on which a resolution turns. John Earman is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh.

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John Earman is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh.

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• Verlag: MIT Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0262050463
• ISBN 13: 9780262050463
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 290
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