A Logical Introduction to Probability and Induction
Autor Franz Huberen Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 dec 2018
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780190845384
ISBN-10: 0190845384
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 137 x 206 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0190845384
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 137 x 206 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Notă biografică
Franz Huber is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, and affiliate of the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, at the University of Toronto. Huber works in formal epistemology, general philosophy of science, and philosophical logic and previously held positions at Konstanz University and the California Institute of Technology.
Cuprins
- 1. Logic
- 1.1 Propositional logic
- 1.2 Predicate logic
- 1.3 Exercises
- 1.4 Readings
- 2. Set theory
- 2.1 Elementary postulates
- 2.2
- 2.3 Readings
- 3. Induction
- 3.1 Confirmation and induction
- 3.2 The problem of induction
- 3.3 Hume's argument
- 3.4 Readings
- 4. Deductive approaches to confirmation
- 4.1 Analysis and explication
- 4.2 The ravens paradox
- 4.3 The prediction criterion
- 4.4 The logic of confirmation
- 4.5 The satisfaction criterion
- 4.6 Falsificationism
- 4.7 Hypothetico-deductive confirmation
- 4.8 Exercises
- 4.9 Readings
- 5. Probability
- 5.1 The probability calculus
- 5.2 Examples
- 5.3 Conditional probability
- 5.4 Elementary consequences
- 5.5 Probabilities on languages
- 5.6 Exercises
- 5.7 Readings
- 6. The classical interpretation of probability
- 6.1 The principle of indifference
- 6.2 Bertrand's paradox
- 6.3 The paradox of water and wine
- 6.4 Reading
- 7. The logical interpretation of probability
- 7.1 State descriptions and structure descriptions
- 7.2 Absolute confirmation and incremental confirmation
- 7.3 Carnap on Hempel
- 7.4 The justification of logic
- 7.5 The new riddle of induction
- 7.6 Exercises
- 7.7 Readings
- 8. The subjective interpretation of probability
- 8.1 Degrees of belief
- 8.2 The Dutch book argument
- 8.3 The gradational accuracy argument
- 8.4 Bayesian confirmation theory
- 8.5 Updating
- 8.6 Bayesian decision theory
- 8.7 Exercises
- 8.8 Readings
- 9. The chance interpretation of probability
- 9.1 Chances
- 9.2 Probability in physics
- 9.3 The principal principle
- 9.4 Readings
- 10. The (limiting) relative frequency interpretation of probability
- 10.1 The justification of induction
- 10.2 The straight(-forward) rule
- 10.3 Random variables
- 10.4 Independent and identically distributed random variables
- 10.5 The strong law of large numbers
- 10.6 Degrees of belief, chances, and relative frequencies
- 10.7 Descriptive statistics
- 10.8 The central limit theorem
- 10.9 Inferential statistics
- 10.10 Exercises
- 10.11 Reading
- 11. Alternative approaches to induction
- 11.1 Formal learning theory
- 11.2 Putnam's argument
- 11.3 Readings