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The logic of reliable inquiry
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- Summary
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This illustrated work searches for the answers to such questions as whether standard methodological recommendations help or hinder the reliability of inquiry. It uses techniques and concepts drawn ...
This illustrated work searches for the answers to such questions as whether standard methodological recommendations help or hinder the reliability of inquiry. It uses techniques and concepts drawn from formal learning theory, topology and the theory of computability.
Details
- Creator
- Kevin T. Kelly
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xiv,434p. ) ill
- ISBNs
- 0197730795, 1280441763, 9786610441761, 0195357876, 0195091957
- OCLC
- ocn503627736, on1027152267, on1406783511
- Previously issued in print: 1996.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Introduction; 1. Reliable Inquiry; 2. The Demons of Passive Observation; 3. Topology and Ideal Hypothesis Assessment; 4. Continuity, Reducibility, and the Game of Science; 5. The Demons of Computability; 6. Computers in Search of Truth; 7. So Much Time, Such Little Brains; 8. The Logic of Ideal Discovery; 9. Computerized Discobvery; 10. Prediction; 11. The Assessment and Discovery of First-order Theories; 12. Probability and Reliability; 13. Experiment and Causal Inference; 14. Relativism and Reliability