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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Eells, Ellery (Editor), Fetzer, J.H (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 284
• Subjects: 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...