Induction, probability, and confirmation - Anderson, Robert M. 1943-; Maxwell, Grover 1918-1981 (University of Minnesota Press, 1975)
CONTENTS: CONFIRMATION AND RELEVANCE; CARNAP'S EMPIRICISM; BAYESIAN METHODS AND THE INITIAL PROBABILITIES OF THEORIES; INDUCTION AND EMPIRICISM: A BAYESIAN-FREQUENTIST ALTERNATIVE; SHIMONY'S A PRIORI ARGUMENTS FOR TEMPERED PERSONALISM; VINDICATION: A REPLY TO PAUL TELLER; THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL ROOTS OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; THE USES OF PROBABILITY AND THE CHOICE OF A REFERENCE CLASS; INDUCTION, RATIONAL ACCEPTANCE, AND MINIMALLY INCONSISTENT SETS; CONFIRMATION AND PARSIMONY; COMMENTS ON ""CONFIRMATION AND PARSIMONY''; REJOINDER TO PROFESSOR TELLER; THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS NAMES, RANDOM SAMPLES, AND CARNAPPRESUPPOSITIONS OF PROPENSITY THEORIES OF PROBABILITY; POPPER'S PROPENSITY INTERPRETATION OF PROBABILITY AND QUANTUM MECHANICS; THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INFERENCE AND EXPECTATION: SOME PRELIMINARY REMARKS; MACH'S PRINCIPLE AND THE LAWS OF LOGIC; PHYSICAL LAWS AND THE NATURE OF PHILOSOPHICAL REDUCTION; PARADOXES OF COSMOLOGICAL SELF-REFERENCE; INDEXES