Evidence, Inference and Enquiry
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 2011
Book
Hardback
504 pages
978-0-19-726484-3 (ISBN)
Description
Evidence - its nature and interpretation - is the key to many topical debates and concerns such as global warming, evolution, the search for weapons of mass destruction, DNA profiling, evidence-based medicine. In 2004 University College London launched a cross-disciplinary research programme "Evidence, Inference and Enquiry" to explore the question: "Can there be an integrated multidisciplinary science of evidence?" While this question was hotly contested and no clear final consensus emerged, much was learned on the journey. This book, based on the closing conference of the programme held at the British Academy in December 2007, illustrates the complexity of the subject, with 17 chapters written from a diversity of perspectives including Archaeology, Computer Science, Economics, Education, Health, History, Law, Psychology, Philosophy and Statistics. General issues covered include principles and systems for handling complex evidence, evidence for policy-making, and human evidence-processing, as well as the very possibility of systematising the study of evidence.
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I recommend reading the entire collection. Sharon Crasnow, Notre Dame Philosophical ReviewsMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Scholars concerned with the nature of evidence in philosophy, law, medicine, and statistics; also readers interested in any empirically based discipline
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
934 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-726484-3 (9780197264843)
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Persons
Edited by William Twining, Quain Professor of Jurisprudence Emeritus, University College London, Philip Dawid, Professor of Statistics, University of Cambridge, and Mimi Vasilaki
Contributors:
Philip Dawid, University of Cambridge
David Schum, George Mason University, USA
Jason Davies, University College London
William Twining, University College London
Amanda Hepler, George Mason University, USA
David Schum, George Mason University, USA
John Fox, Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford
David Lagnado, University College London
Jill Russell, University College London
Trisha Greenhalgh, Queen's Mary University London
Terence Anderson, Law, University of Miami, USA
Peter Tillers,, Cardozo School of Law, New York
Nancy Cartwright, London School of Economics and Political Science
Jacob Stegenga, University of California, USA
Hasok Chang, University of Cambridge
Grant Fisher, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Alison Wylie, University of Washington USA
David Colquhoun, University College London
Jason Davies, University College London
Mike Joffe, Imperial College London
Tony Gardner-Medwin, University College London
Contributors:
Philip Dawid, University of Cambridge
David Schum, George Mason University, USA
Jason Davies, University College London
William Twining, University College London
Amanda Hepler, George Mason University, USA
David Schum, George Mason University, USA
John Fox, Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford
David Lagnado, University College London
Jill Russell, University College London
Trisha Greenhalgh, Queen's Mary University London
Terence Anderson, Law, University of Miami, USA
Peter Tillers,, Cardozo School of Law, New York
Nancy Cartwright, London School of Economics and Political Science
Jacob Stegenga, University of California, USA
Hasok Chang, University of Cambridge
Grant Fisher, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Alison Wylie, University of Washington USA
David Colquhoun, University College London
Jason Davies, University College London
Mike Joffe, Imperial College London
Tony Gardner-Medwin, University College London
Content
Foreword
1: Philip Dawid: Introduction
2: David Schum: Classifying Forms and Combinations of Evidence: Necessary in a Science of Evidence
3: Jason Davies: Disciplining the Disciplines
4: William Twining: Moving Beyond Law: Interdisciplinarity and the Study of Evidence
5: Philip Dawid; Amanda Hepler; David Schum: Inference Networks: Bayes and Wigmore
6: John Fox: Arguing about the Evidence: A Logical Approach
7: David Lagnado: Thinking about Evidence
8: Jill Russell and Trisha Greenhalgh: Rhetoric and Argumentation in Evidence-Based Policy Making
9: Terence Anderson: Generalisations and Evidential Reasoning
10: Peter Tillers: Of Inference Networks and Onto-Epistemology
11: Nancy Cartwright and Jacob Stegenga: A Theory of Evidence for Evidence-Based Policy
12: Hasok Chang and Grant Fisher: What the Ravens Really Teach Us: The Intrinsic Contextuality of Evidence
13: Alison Wylie: Critical Distance: Stabilizing Evidential Claims in Archaeology
14: David Colquhoun: In Praise of Randomisation
15: Jason Davies: Believing the Evidence
16: Mike Joffe: What Would a Scientific Economics Look Like?
17: Tony Gardner-Medwin: Reasonable Doubt: Uncertainty in Education, Science and Law
1: Philip Dawid: Introduction
2: David Schum: Classifying Forms and Combinations of Evidence: Necessary in a Science of Evidence
3: Jason Davies: Disciplining the Disciplines
4: William Twining: Moving Beyond Law: Interdisciplinarity and the Study of Evidence
5: Philip Dawid; Amanda Hepler; David Schum: Inference Networks: Bayes and Wigmore
6: John Fox: Arguing about the Evidence: A Logical Approach
7: David Lagnado: Thinking about Evidence
8: Jill Russell and Trisha Greenhalgh: Rhetoric and Argumentation in Evidence-Based Policy Making
9: Terence Anderson: Generalisations and Evidential Reasoning
10: Peter Tillers: Of Inference Networks and Onto-Epistemology
11: Nancy Cartwright and Jacob Stegenga: A Theory of Evidence for Evidence-Based Policy
12: Hasok Chang and Grant Fisher: What the Ravens Really Teach Us: The Intrinsic Contextuality of Evidence
13: Alison Wylie: Critical Distance: Stabilizing Evidential Claims in Archaeology
14: David Colquhoun: In Praise of Randomisation
15: Jason Davies: Believing the Evidence
16: Mike Joffe: What Would a Scientific Economics Look Like?
17: Tony Gardner-Medwin: Reasonable Doubt: Uncertainty in Education, Science and Law