Probability and Inference. Essays in Honour of Henry E. Kyburg Jr.

ISBN-13: 9781904987185 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 320 str.

G. Wheeler; W. Harper

Opis

Recent advances in philosophy, artificial intelligence,mathematical psychology, and the decision sciences havebrought a renewed focus to the role and interpretation ofprobability in theories of uncertain reasoning. Henry E.Kyburg, Jr. has long resisted the now dominate Bayesianapproach to the role of probability in scientific inference andpractical decision. The sharp contrasts between theBayesian approach and Kyburgs program offer a uniquelypowerful framework within which to study several issues atthe heart of scientific inference, decision, and reasoningunder uncertainty.The commissioned essays for this volume take measure of the scope and impact of Kyburgs views on probability and scientific inference, and include several new and importantcontributions to the field. Contributors:Gert de Cooman,Clark Glymour,William Harper,Isaac Levi,Ron Loui,Enrique Miranda,John Pollock,Teddy Seidenfeld,Choh Man Teng,Mariam Thalos,Gregory Wheeler,Jon Williamson, andHenry E. Kyburg, Jr.