Bayes or Bust? A Critical Examination of Bayesian Confirmation Theory

Name: Bayes or Bust? A Critical Examination of Bayesian Confirmation Theory
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ISBN: 9780262050463

ISBN-10: 0262050463

ISBN-13: 9780262050463

Edition: 1992

Authors: John Earman

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There is currently no viable alternative to the Bayesian analysis of scientific inference, yet the available versions of Bayesianism fail to do justice to several aspects of the testing and confirmation of scientific hypotheses. Bayes or Bust? provides the first balanced treatment of the complex set of issues involved in this nagging conundrum in the philosophy of science. Both Bayesians and anti-Bayesians will find a wealth of new insights on topics ranging from Bayes's original paper to contemporary formal learning theory. In a paper published posthumously in 1763, the Reverend Thomas Bayes made a seminal contribution to the understanding of "analogical or inductive reasoning." Building…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 5/28/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 290
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English