The Foundations of Scientific Inference
50th Anniversary Edition
Published on 14. July 2017
198 pages
978-0-8229-8294-4 (ISBN)
Description
After its publication in 1967, The Foundations of Scientific Inference taught a generation of students and researchers about the problem of induction, the interpretation of probability, and confirmation theory. Fifty years later, Wesley C. Salmon's book remains one of the clearest introductions to these fundamental problems in the philosophy of science. This anniversary edition of Salmon's foundational work features a detailed introduction by Christopher Hitchcock, which examines the book's origins, influences, and major themes, its impact and enduring effects, the disputes it raised, and its place in current studies, revisiting Salmon's ideas for a new audience of philosophers, historians, scientists, and students.
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Language
English
Place of publication
PIttsburgh
United States
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-0-8229-8294-4 (9780822982944)
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Book
06/2017
University of Pittsburgh Press
€53.50
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Person
Wesley C. Salmon (1925-2001) was University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, past president of the Philosophy of Science Association, and the author of numerous books, including Four Decades of Scientific Explanation; Space, Time, and Motion: A Philosophical Introduction; and Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introductory Essay, by Christopher Hitchcock
- Introduction
- I. The Problem with Induction
- II. Attempted Solutions
- III. Significance of the Problem
- IV. The Philosophical Problem of Probability
- V. Interpretations of Probability
- VI. Inferring Relative Frequencies
- VII. The Confirmation of Scientific Hypotheses
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Addendum
- Index
