The Design Inference - Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities (Hardcover, New)

How can we identify events due to intelligent causes and distinguish them from events due to undirected natural causes? If we lack a causal theory how can we determine whether an intelligent cause acted? This book presents a reliable method for detecting intelligent causes: the design inference. The design inference uncovers intelligent causes by isolating the key trademark of intelligent causes: specified events of small probability. Design inferences can be found in a range of scientific pursuits from forensic science to research into the origins of life to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. This challenging and provocative book will be read with particular interest by philosophers of science and religion, other philosophers concerned with epistemology and logic, probability and complexity theorists, and statisticians.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision Theory
Release date:	September 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	William A. Dembski
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-62387-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Philosophy of mathematics Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Probability & statistics Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Promotions
LSN:	0-521-62387-1
Barcode:	9780521623872

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