Induction, Acceptance, and Rational Belief
The papers collected in this volume were originally presented at a sym posium held at the University of Pennsylvania in December of 1968. Each of the papers has been revised in light of the discussions that took place during this symposium. None of the papers has appeared in print previously. The e...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1970, 1970
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1970 |
| Series: | Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Editor’s Introduction
- Three Logics of Belief
- The Consistency of Rational Belief
- Conjunctivitis
- Induction. A Discussion of the Relevance of the Theory of Knowledge to the Theory of Induction (with a Digression to the Effect that neither Deductive Logic nor the Probability Calculus has Anything to Do with Inference)
- Justification, Explanation, and Induction
- Probability and Evidence
- Dracula meets Wolfman: Acceptance vs. Partial Belief
- Induction, Acceptance, and Rational Belief: A Selected Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects