Nondeductive Inference

ISBN-13: 9780367426057 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 134 str.

Robert Ackermann

Opis

Originally published in 1966. An introduction to studies of kinds of inference in which validity cannot be determined by ordinary deductive models. In particular, inductive inference, predictive inference, statistical inference, and decision making are examined in some detail.

Spis treści

1. Inductive and Predictive Inference 2. Hypothesis and Predictive Inference 3. Probability and Predictive Inference 4. Statistical Inference 5. Bayesian Statistical Inference 6. Statistical Decision and Utility 7. Theories and Rationality 8. Bibliography

O autorze

Ackermann\, Robert