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Choice and chance : an introduction to inductive logic / Brian Skyrms

By: Skyrms, Brian.
Publisher: Australia ; Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth, c2000Edition: 4th ed.Description: vi, 174 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0534557376.Subject(s): Induction (Logic) | ProbabilitiesDDC classification: 161
Contents:
Preface. - Ch. I. Basics of Logic. - Ch. II. Probability and Inductive Logic. - Ch. III. The Traditional Problem of Induction. - Ch. IV. The Goodman Paradox and the New Riddle of Induction. - Ch. V. Mill's Methods of Experimental Inquiry and the Nature of Causality. - Ch. VI. The Probability Calculus. - Ch. VII. Kinds of Probability. - Ch. VIII. Probability Scientific Inductive Logic. - Answers to Selected Exercises. - Index.
Summary: In this understandable, reader-friendly book, Brian Skyrms begins by defining the basics of probability and inductive logic. The chapters that follow guide readers through more formal methods - and feature a clear, straightforward style that reviewers continue to praise. The chapter units can be read sequentially or in a variety of orders suiting the organization of the course. - Back cover
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Preface. - Ch. I. Basics of Logic. - Ch. II. Probability and Inductive Logic. - Ch. III. The Traditional Problem of Induction. - Ch. IV. The Goodman Paradox and the New Riddle of Induction. - Ch. V. Mill's Methods of Experimental Inquiry and the Nature of Causality. - Ch. VI. The Probability Calculus. - Ch. VII. Kinds of Probability. - Ch. VIII. Probability Scientific Inductive Logic. - Answers to Selected Exercises. - Index.

In this understandable, reader-friendly book, Brian Skyrms begins by defining the basics of probability and inductive logic. The chapters that follow guide readers through more formal methods - and feature a clear, straightforward style that reviewers continue to praise. The chapter units can be read sequentially or in a variety of orders suiting the organization of the course. - Back cover