On Science, Inference, Information and Decision-Making : Selected Essays in the Philosophy of Science

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Published by Springer Sep 1998, 1998

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Neuware - I. On Science.- 1. Some remarks on the philosophy of science.- 2. Information and decision-making as tools of philosophy of science.- 3. Method and creativity in science.- 4. Sociology and models of rational behaviour.- 5. Mathematical models and social facts.- 6. Science as a search for information.- II. On Inference.- 7. Inference or behaviour .- 8. A note on confirmation of statistical hypotheses.- 9. On some basic patterns of statistical inference.- 10. A method of deciding between N statistical hypotheses.- 11. A pragmatic justification of rules of statistical inference.- 12. On sequential inference.- 13. Interpretations of the maximum likelihood principle.- III. On Information and Decision Making.- 14. Some remarks concerning the criterion of rational decision-making.- 15. The concept of distribution of goods.- 16. The value of perfect information.- 17. Questions and their pragmatic value.- 18. Two concepts of information.- 19. Types of information and their role in the methodology of science.- 20. Information in decision-making. Some logical aspects.- 21. Decision-making and future research. Some theoretical problems.- 22. On formal aspects of distributive justice.- 23. Philosophy and decision-making.- 24. The concept of unreliable information.- 25. On defining information.- 26. Rationality as a value.- Index of Names.

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On Science, Inference, Information and Decision-Making : Selected Essays in the Philosophy of Science
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A. Szaniawski
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Springer Sep 1998
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1998
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English
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9780792349228
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Book 116 of 304: Synthese Library

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