Book of Evidence

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ISBN: 9780195171716

ISBN-10: 0195171713

ISBN-13: 9780195171716

Edition: 2004

Authors: Peter Achinstein

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What is required for something to be evidence for a hypothesis? In this fascinating, elegantly written work, distinguished philosopher of science Peter Achinstein explores this question, rejecting typical philosophical and statistical theories of evidence. He claims these theories are much too weak to give scientists what they want--a good reason to believe--and, in some cases, they furnish concepts that mistakenly make all evidential claims a priori. Achinstein introduces four concepts of evidence, defines three of them by reference to "potential" evidence, and characterizes the latter using a novel epistemic interpretation of probability. The resulting theory is then applied to…

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List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/20/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.45" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English




The Dean's Challenge



Concepts of Evidence, or How the Electron Got Its Charge



Two Major Probabilistic Theories of Evidence



What's Wrong with These Probabilistic Theories of Evidence?



Objective Epistemic Probability



Evidence, High Probability, and Belief



The Explanatory Connection



Final Definitions and Realism



Two Paradoxes of Evidence: Ravens and Grue



Explanation versus Prediction: Which Carries More Evidential Weight?



Old-Age and New-Age Holism



Evidence for Molecules: Jean Perrin and Molecular Reality



Who Really Discovered the Electron?


Index