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Tychomancy : inferring probability from causal structure /

Michael Strevens makes three claims about rules for inferring physical probability. They are reliable. They constitute a key part of the physical intuition that allows us to navigate the world safely in the absence of scientific knowledge. And they played a crucial role in scientific innovation, fro...

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Main Author: Strevens, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Probabilities.
Inference.
Empiricism.
Probability
probability.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780674075986
0674075986
0674076028
9780674076020
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • AUTHOR'S NOTE
  • PHYSICAL INTUITION
  • 1. THE APRIORIST
  • 2. THE HISTORICAL WAY
  • 3. THE LOGICAL WAY
  • 4 THE COGNITIVE WAY
  • 5. STIRRING
  • 6. SHAKING
  • 7. BOUNCING
  • 8. UNIFYING
  • 9. 1859 AGAIN
  • 10. APPLIED BIOEQUIDYNAMICS
  • 11. INACCURACY, ERROR, AND OTHER FLUCTUATIONS
  • 12. THE EXOGENOUS ZONE
  • 13. THE ELEMENTS OF EQUIDYNAMICS
  • 14. PREHISTORY AND META
  • HISTORY
  • NOTES
  • GLOSSARY
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX.

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