FOUNDATIONS OF INFERENCE IN NATURAL SCIENCE by J. O. Wisdom (Editor) ( 9780415475013 )

Item Details

Title:

FOUNDATIONS OF INFERENCE IN NATURAL SCIENCE

By:

J. O. Wisdom (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

List price:

£190.00

Our price:

£184.30

Discount:

3% off

You save:

£5.70

ISBN 10:

0415475015

ISBN 13:

9780415475013

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 0 available

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

15 August, 2008

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

Pages:

256

Description:

A survey of the views of scientific inference that have been developed since the end of World War I. It contains exposition of ideas - notably of Keynes. It discusses and illustrates the method of hypothesis. It also considers aspects of the theory of probability that seem to bear on the problem of induction.

Synopsis:

Originally published in 1952. 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. Part I discusses and illustrates the method of hypothesis. Part II concerns induction. Part III considers aspects of the theory of probability that seem to bear on the problem of induction and Part IV outlines the shape of this problem and its solution take if transformed by the present approach.

Publication:

Imprint:

Routledge

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

FOUNDATIONS OF INFERENCE IN NATURAL SCIENCE