Isbn: 9780792349228 - on science, inference, information and decision-making: selected essays in the philosophy of science: 271 (11 risultati)

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Condizione: New. There are two competing pictures of science. One considers science as a system of inferences, whereas another looks at science as a system of actions. This book contains essays which offer a view which intends to combine both pictures. Editor(s): Chmielewski, A.; Wolenski, Jan. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542. . 1998. Hardback. . . . . …

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Gebunden. Condizione: New. I: On Science. 1. Some Remarks on the Philosophy of Science. 2. Information and Decision as Tools of Philosophy of Science. 3. Method and Creativity in Science. 4. Sociology and Models of Rational Behaviour. 5. Mathematical Models and Social Facts. 6. S.

Condizione: New. There are two competing pictures of science. One considers science as a system of inferences, whereas another looks at science as a system of actions. This book contains essays which offer a view which intends to combine both pictures. Editor(s): Chmielewski, A.; Wolenski, Jan. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542. . 1998. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - I. On Science.- 1. Some remarks on the philosophy of science.- 2. Information and decision-making as tools of philosophy of science.- 3. Method and creativity in science.- 4. Sociology and models of rational behaviour.- 5. Mathematical models and social facts.- 6. Science as a search for information.- II. On Inference.- 7. Inference or behaviour .- 8. A note on confirmation of statistical hypotheses.- 9. On some basic patterns of statistical inference.- 10. A method of deciding between N statistical hypotheses.- 11. A pragmatic justification of rules of statistical inference.- 12. On sequential inference.- 13. Interpretations of the maximum likelihood principle.- III. On Information and Decision Making.- 14. Some remarks concerning the criterion of rational decision-making.- 15. The concept of distribution of goods.- 16. The value of perfect information.- 17. Questions and their pragmatic value.- 18. Two concepts of information.- 19. Types of information and their role in the methodology of science.- 20. Information in decision-making. Some logical aspects.- 21. Decision-making and future research. Some theoretical problems.- 22. On formal aspects of distributive justice.- 23. Philosophy and decision-making.- 24. The concept of unreliable information.- 25. On defining information.- 26. Rationality as a value.- Index of Names. …

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