Choice and chance : an introduction to inductive logic /
Brian Skyrms
- 4th ed.
- Australia ; Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth, c2000
- vi, 174 p. ; 23 cm.
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