Scientific Inference - Couverture rigide

Jeffreys, Harold

 
9780521084468: Scientific Inference
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0521084466 ISBN 13 : 9780521084468
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1973

Synopsis

A scientific theory is originally based on a particular set of observations. How can it be extended to apply outside this original range of cases? This question, which is fundamental to natural philosophy, is considered in detail in this book, which was originally published in 1931, and first published as this third edition in 1973. Sir Harold begins with the principle that 'it is possible to learn from experience and to make inferences from beyond the data directly known to sensation'. He goes on to analyse this principle, discuss its status and investigate its logical consequences. The result is a book of importance to anyone interested in the foundations of modern scientific method. His thesis provides a consistent account of how the theories proposed by physicists have been derived from, and are supported by, experimental data.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A scientific theory is originally based on a particular set of observations. How can it be extended to apply outside this original range of cases? This question, which is fundamental to natural philosophy, is considered in detail in this book, which was originally published in 1931, and first published as this third edition in 1973. Sir Harold begins with the principle that 'it is possible to learn from experience and to make inferences from beyond the data directly known to sensation'. He goes on to analyse this principle, discuss its status and investigate its logical consequences. The result is a book of importance to anyone interested in the foundations of modern scientific method. His thesis provides a consistent account of how the theories proposed by physicists have been derived from, and are supported by, experimental data.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1973
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521084466
ISBN 13 
9780521084468
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
244
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Personne responsable
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