Foundations of Inference in Natural Science (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Wisdom, J O

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a critical survey of the views of scientific inference that have been developed since the end of World War I. It contains some detailed exposition of ideas - notably of Keynes - that were cryptically put forward, often quoted, but nowhere explained.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135027858
• Artikelnr.: 39263967

Autorenporträt

J O Wisdom

Inhaltsangabe

1. Scientific Outlook
2. Experiments and Method
3. The Contrast Between Generalisation and Non-Instantial Hypothesis
4. The Principle of Testability
5. Induction and the Hypothetico-Deductive System
6. Hypothetico-Deductive Explanation
7. Two Types of Simplicity
8. Determinism, Orderliness and Uncertainty
9. Operationalism and the Descriptive Interpretation
10. The Traditional Approach to Induction
11. Criteria for Causal Determination and Functional Relationship
12. The Nature and Strength of Generalisation, Analogy and Induction
13. Induction by Repetition
14. The Law of Uniformity of Nature
15. Requirements for an Inductive Principle
16. Four Principles of Induction
17. Induction as a Successful Habit
18. The Vertical Causal Nexus
19. Impasse in the Inductive Approach
20. Some Theorems in Probability
21. The Meaning of Probability
22. The Probability of a Hypothesis
Appendix: The Probability Calculus and Keynes's Principle
23. Probability and Induction
24. Transformation of the Problem of Induction
List of Works Directly Cited
Index