Probabilities, problems, and paradoxes
Subtitle: readings in inductive logic
By: [by] Sidney A. Luckenbach.
Publisher: Dickenson Pub. Co.
Published: 1972
Place of publication: Encino, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Induction (Logic); Probabilities; Paradox
Table of contents: title: Sceptical doubts concerning the human understanding, by D. Hume.; title: Probability and induction: A frequentist theory of probability and induction, by H. Reichenbach. On inductive logic, by R. Carnap. Degrees of belief, by F.P. Ramsey. Probable knowledge, by R.C. Jeffrey. The aim of inductive logic, by R. Carnap. Probabilities and the problem of individuation, by B.C. van Fraassen. Inquiries into the foundations of science, by W.C. Salmon.; title: Problems and paradoxes of inductive logic: Recent problems of induction, by C.G. Hempel. De principiis non disputandum ...? By H. Feigl. Self-supporting inductive arguments, by M. Black. On vindicating induction, by W.C. Salmon. Studies in the logic of confirmation, C.G. Hempel. The paradox of confirmation, by J.L. Mackie. That positive instances are no help, by H. Leblanc. The plausibility of the entrenchment concept, by B.R. Grunstra.; title: Are there non-deductive logics? By W. Sellars.; title: Bibliography (p. 308-310).