The place of probability in science
Subtitle: in honor of Ellery Eells (1953-2006)
By: Ellery Eells, J.H. Fetzer, editors
Series: Boston studies in the philosophy of science -- v. 284; Boston studies in the philosophy of science -- v. 284.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9789048136148; 9789048136155
Subjects: Wahrscheinlichkeit; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Wissenschaftstheorie; Probabilities; Science; Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Memorials; title: Ellery Eells (1953-2006) / Malcolm R. Forster; title: At the memorial gathering for Ellery Eells / Elliott Sober; title: Remembrances of Ellery Eells / Paul Weirich; title: Prologue; title: Objective probability theory theory / Ellery Eells; title: Pt. I. Alternative conceptions of probability; title: Pt. II. The objectivity of macro-probabilities; title: Pt. III. Probabilities as explanatory properties; title: Pt. IV. Probabilities in inference and decision.