Science, belief, and behaviour : essays in honour of R.B. Braithwaite

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Science, belief, and behaviour : essays in honour of R.B. Braithwaite

edited by D.H. Mellor

Cambridge University Press, 1980

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Includes bibliographies

"Bibliography of the philosophical writing of R. B. Braithwaite": p. 219-227

Contents of Works

  • Neo-transcendental approaches towards scientific theory appraisal / Gerd Buchdahl
  • The possibility of absolutism / Nick Jardine
  • Science and the organization of belief / S. Körner
  • Braithwaite and Kuhn / Margaret Masterman
  • A revised regularity view of scientific laws / Mary Hesse
  • Necessities and universals in natural laws / D.H. Mellor
  • Induction as self correcting according to Peirce / Isaac Levi
  • The theory of probable inference / Ian Hacking
  • Statistical statements / Henry E. Kyburg, Jr
  • How is it reasonable to base preferences on estimates of chance? / R.C. Jeffrey
  • Uses of Bayesian probability models in game theory / John C. Harsanyi
  • Welfare, rights, and fairness / Frederic Schick

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This volume is a collection of original essays by eminent philosophers written for R. B. Braithwaite's eightieth birthday to celebrate his work and teaching. In one way or another, all the essays reflect his central concern with the impact of science on our beliefs about the world and the responses appropriate to that. Together they testify to the signal importance of his contributions in areas of philosophy bearing on this concern: the philosophy of science, especially of the statistical sciences, theories of belief and of probability, decision theory and games theory. This book, which includes a full bibliography of Professor Braithwaite's work, will interest advanced students and professionals in the fields of philosophy and psychology.

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