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008			971002s1998 mau b 001 0 eng
010			_a 97041019
020			_a0262133423 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aQ180.55.M4 _bM36 1998
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100	1		_aMartin, Eric, _d1962- _92831
245	1	0	_aElements of scientific inquiry / _cEric Martin and Daniel Osherson.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bMIT Press, _cc1998.
300			_axii, 270 p. ; _c24 cm.
500			_a"A Bradford book."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [259]-264) and indexes..
520			_aOne influential view of science focuses on the credibility that scientists attach to alternative theories and on the evolution of these credibilities under the impact of data. Interpreting credibility as probability leads to the Bayesian analysis of inquiry, which has helped us to understand diverse aspects of scientific practice. Eric Martin and Daniel N. Osherson take as their starting point a different set of intuitions about the variables to be retained in a model of inquiry. They present a theory of inductive logic that is built from the tools of logic and model theory. Their aim is to extend the mathematics of Formal Learning Theory to a more general setting and to provide a more accurate image of empirical inquiry. In particular, their theory integrates recent ideas in the theory of rational belief change. The formal results of their study illuminate aspects of scientific inquiry that are not covered by the Bayesian approach.Exercises appear throughout the text; solutions are provided in an appendix.
650		0	_aResearch _xMethodology. _92832
650		0	_aLogic, Symbolic and mathematical. _92833
700	1		_aOsherson, Daniel N. _92834
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