Eric Christian Barnes

The Paradox of Predictivism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This account of predictivism has considerable consequences for the realist/anti-realist debate.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 556g
• ISBN-13: 9780521879620
• ISBN-10: 0521879620
• Artikelnr.: 23352250

Autorenporträt

Eric Christian Barnes is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Southern Methodist University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The paradox of predictivism
2. Epistemic pluralism
3. Predictivism and the periodic table
4. Miracle arguments and the demise of strong predictivism
5. The size of the predicting community
6. Back to epistemic pluralism
7. Postlude on old evidence
8. A paradox resolved
Glossary.