Probability and Inductive Logic - Brossura

Eagle, Antony

Brossura

ISBN 10: 100921019X ISBN 13: 9781009210195

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2025

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 100921019X
• ISBN 13: 9781009210195
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 102
• Contatto del produttore: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italia