André C. R. Martins

Arguments, Cognition, and Science

Need and Consequences of Probabilistic Induction in Science

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Our reasoning evolved not for finding the truth, but for social bonding and convincing. This book highlights the consequences of these facts for scientific practice, and suggests how to correct the mistakes we still make.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9781786615077
• ISBN-10: 178661507X
• Artikelnr.: 57579378

Autorenporträt

André C. R. Martins is an Associate Professor in the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EACH) at Universidade de São Paulo (USP). He holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics and was Visiting Professor at École Polytechnique, at the Research Center in Applied Epistemology (CREA) in Paris.

Inhaltsangabe

Cognition and knowledge
2. Individual Reasoning
3. Groups and Ideas
4. A need for standards
5. Logic and Artificial Worlds
6. Probabilistic induction and its limits
7. Decisions
8. Dangers of deciding on ideas
9. Theories and Philosophy of Science
10. Auxiliary hypothesis
11. Solomonoff machines
12. On Arguments and fallacies
13. As many as possible
14. Quantum Mechanics
15. Current problems in physics
16. The Humanities
17. Data and theories
18. Conclusion