Bayesian epistemology

Bayesian epistemology / Luc Bovens and Stephan Hartmann.

Probabilistic models have much to offer to philosophy. We continually receive information from many sources - our senses, witnesses, scientific instruments - and assess whether to believe it. The authors provide a systematic Bayesian account of these features of reasoning.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bovens, Luc
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Other Authors: Hartmann, Stephan, 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Knowledge, Theory of.
Reasoning > Mathematical models.
Bayesian statistical decision theory.
epistemology.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
Bayesian statistical decision theory
Knowledge, Theory of
Reasoning > Mathematical models
Methode van Bayes.
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:Probabilistic models have much to offer to philosophy. We continually receive information from many sources - our senses, witnesses, scientific instruments - and assess whether to believe it. The authors provide a systematic Bayesian account of these features of reasoning.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 159 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0199269750
9780199269754
0199270406
9780199270408
9780191533525
0191533521
1281989967
9781281989963
9780191601705
0191601705
9786611989965
661198996X
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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