On Science, Inference, Information and Decision-Making [electronic resource] : Selected Essays in the Philosophy of Science / by A. Szaniawski ; edited by A. Chmielewski, Jan Wolenski.
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ISBN
9789401152600
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yazar
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 1998.
Yayın Bilgisi
Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1998.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XIV, 242 p. online resource.
Dizi
Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, 2542-8292 ; 271
İçindekiler Notu
I. On Science -- 1. Some remarks on the philosophy of science -- 2. Information and decision-making as tools of philosophy of science -- 3. Method and creativity in science -- 4. Sociology and models of rational behaviour -- 5. Mathematical models and social facts -- 6. Science as a search for information -- II. On Inference -- 7. Inference or behaviour? -- 8. A note on confirmation of statistical hypotheses -- 9. On some basic patterns of statistical inference -- 10. A method of deciding between N statistical hypotheses -- 11. A pragmatic justification of rules of statistical inference -- 12. On sequential inference -- 13. Interpretations of the maximum likelihood principle -- III. On Information and Decision Making -- 14. Some remarks concerning the criterion of rational decision-making -- 15. The concept of distribution of goods -- 16. The value of perfect information -- 17. Questions and their pragmatic value -- 18. Two concepts of information -- 19. Types of information and their role in the methodology of science -- 20. Information in decision-making. Some logical aspects -- 21. Decision-making and future research. Some theoretical problems -- 22. On formal aspects of distributive justice -- 23. Philosophy and decision-making -- 24. The concept of unreliable information -- 25. On defining information -- 26. Rationality as a value -- Index of Names.
Konu
Logic.
Statistics .
Science __ Philosophy.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Probabilities.
Logic.
Statistics.
Philosophy of Science.
Philosophy of the Social Sciences.
Probability Theory.
Statistics .
Science __ Philosophy.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Probabilities.
Logic.
Statistics.
Philosophy of Science.
Philosophy of the Social Sciences.
Probability Theory.
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