The Place of Probability in Science In Honor of Ellery Eells (1953-2006) /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Eells, Ellery (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Fetzer, J.H (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Σειρά: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 284
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Epistemology.; Modern philosophy.; Philosophy and science.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Probabilities.; Statistics.; Philosophy of Science.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Statistical Theory and Methods.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.; Modern Philosophy.

Science aims at the discovery of general principles of special kinds that are applicable for the explanation and prediction of the phenomena of the world in the form of theories and laws. When the phenomena themselves happen to be general, the principlesinvolved assume the form of theories; and when...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTIONS OF PROBABILITY
• Probabilistic Causality and Causal Generalizations
• Probabilistic Causality and Causal Generalizations
• The Possibility of Infinitesimal Chances
• Probabilistic Metaphysics
• THE OBJECTIVITY OF MACRO-PROBABILITIES
• Chance and Necessity
• Evolutionary Theory and the Reality of Macro-Probabilities
• Is Evolution An Optimizing Process?
• PROBABILITIES AS EXPLANATORY PROPERTIES
• Propensity Trajectories, Preemption, and the Identity of Events
• Miraculous Consilience of Quantum Mechanics
• Probability and Objectivity in Deterministic and Indeterministic Situations
• PROBABILITIES IN INFERENCE AND DECISION
• How Bayesian Confirmation Theory Handles the Paradox of the Ravens
• Learning to Network
• Probabilities in Decision Rules
• Propensities and Frequencies.