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Optimum Inductive Methods
Roberto Festa
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Paperback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL; PBT; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 305.
This book deals with a basic problem arising within the Bayesian approach 1 to scientific methodology, namely the choice of prior probabilities. The problem will be considered with special reference to some inference methods used within Bayesian statistics (BS) and the so-called theory of inductive 2 probabilities (T/P). In this study an important role will be played by the assumption - defended by Sir Karl Popper and the supporters of the current verisimilitude theory (VT) - that the cognitive goal of science is the achievement of a high degree of truthlikeness or verisimilitude. A more detailed outline of the issues ... Read more
This book deals with a basic problem arising within the Bayesian approach 1 to scientific methodology, namely the choice of prior probabilities. The problem will be considered with special reference to some inference methods used within Bayesian statistics (BS) and the so-called theory of inductive 2 probabilities (T/P). In this study an important role will be played by the assumption - defended by Sir Karl Popper and the supporters of the current verisimilitude theory (VT) - that the cognitive goal of science is the achievement of a high degree of truthlikeness or verisimilitude. A more detailed outline of the issues ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048143184
SKU
V9789048143184
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