Ebook: Logic of Reliable Inquiry. Logic and Computation in Philosophy, The
Author: Kelly Kevin T
- Genre: Mathematics // Logic
- Tags: Logic Symbolic and mathematical.
- Series: Logic and computation in philosophy
- Year: 1996
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- City: New York
- Language: English
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This book considers the question of the reliability of scientific methods. One method of inquiry can be said to be more reliable than another if it eventually arrives at the truth in more possible circumstances than the other method can. Kelly begins with a discussion of the philosophical significance of reliability, examines the reliability of computable methods, provides a general, topological perspective on Read more...
Abstract: This book considers the question of the reliability of scientific methods. One method of inquiry can be said to be more reliable than another if it eventually arrives at the truth in more possible circumstances than the other method can. Kelly begins with a discussion of the philosophical significance of reliability, examines the reliability of computable methods, provides a general, topological perspective on reliable inference by ""ideal"" agents, and investigates the possibility of reliable enquiry in the face of theory-laden evidence and incommensurability. The text is extensively and amus