Peter Lipton

Inference to the Best Explanation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How do we go about weighing evidence, testing hypotheses, and making inferences? The model of "inference to the best explanation" (IBE) -- that we infer the hypothesis that would, if correct, provide the best explanation of the available evidence--offers a compelling account of inferences both in science and in ordinary life. Widely cited by epistemologists and philosophers of science, IBE has nonetheless remained little more than a slogan. Now this influential work has been thoroughly revised and updated, and features a new introduction and two new chapters. "Inference to the Best Explanation" is an unrivaled exposition of a theory of particular interest in the fields both of epistemology and the philosophy of science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 154mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780415242028
• ISBN-10: 0415242029
• Artikelnr.: 20974153

Autorenporträt

Peter Lipton is Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Introduction 1.
Induction 2. Explanation 3. The Causal Model 4. Inference to the Best
Explanation 5. Contrastive Inference 6. The Raven Paradox 7. Bayesian
Abduction 8. Explanation as a Guide to Inference 9. Loveliness and Truth
10. Prediction and Prejudice 11. Truth and Explanation Conclusion
Bibliography Index