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Devoted to the history of general relativity, this text provides
reviews from scholars all over the world. Many of the papers
originated at the Third International Conference on the History of
General Relativity, held at the University of Pittsburgh in the
summer of 1991. Topics covered include: disputes with Einstein; the
empirical basis of general relativity; variational principles in
general relativity; the reception and development of general
relativity; and cosmology and general relativity.
The fundamental burden of a theory of inductive inference is to
determine which are the good inductive inferences or relations of
inductive support and why it is that they are so. The traditional
approach is modeled on that taken in accounts of deductive
inference. It seeks universally applicable schemas or rules or a
single formal device, such as the probability calculus. After
millennia of halting efforts, none of these approaches has been
unequivocally successful and debates between approaches persist.The
Material Theory of Induction identifies the source of these
enduring problems in the assumption taken at the outset: that
inductive inference can be accommodated by a single formal account
with universal applicability. Instead, it argues that that there is
no single, universally applicable formal account. Rather, each
domain has an inductive logic native to it. Which that is, and its
extent, is determined by the facts prevailing in that domain.
Paying close attention to how inductive inference is conducted in
science and copiously illustrated with real-world examples, The
Material Theory of Induction will initiate a new tradition in the
analysis of inductive inference.
The fundamental burden of a theory of inductive inference is to
determine which are the good inductive inferences or relations of
inductive support and why it is that they are so. The traditional
approach is modeled on that taken in accounts of deductive
inference. It seeks universally applicable schemas or rules or a
single formal device, such as the probability calculus. After
millennia of halting efforts, none of these approaches has been
unequivocally successful and debates between approaches persist.The
Material Theory of Induction identifies the source of these
enduring problems in the assumption taken at the outset: that
inductive inference can be accommodated by a single formal account
with universal applicability. Instead, it argues that that there is
no single, universally applicable formal account. Rather, each
domain has an inductive logic native to it. Which that is, and its
extent, is determined by the facts prevailing in that domain.
Paying close attention to how inductive inference is conducted in
science and copiously illustrated with real-world examples, The
Material Theory of Induction will initiate a new tradition in the
analysis of inductive inference.
This book provides an introduction to science and scientific
thinking for students who have not had much contact with science.
It explains what is distinctive about the scientific approach and
its product, scientific theories. The emphasis is on quantitative
approaches and on showing how the use of number in science greatly
extends the reach of the investigative tools. The book is divided
into three parts: General Material (what are the problems faced by
scientists and the general techniques used to overcome them?);
Introduction to Thermodynamics (examples of how theories are
constructed); and Introduction to Statistical Analysis (examples of
randomness). The book is laid out with a blackboard-style summary
on the left-hand pages and text explanations on the right-hand
pages. Many examples and assignments are included throughout.
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