LEADER 01620cam a22003852 b4500001 7688068 005 20170110144911.0 006 m d 007 cr n 008 010515e20010920ncua es|||||||| 2|eng|d 003 hubpceuo 020 9780195143898 020 0195143892 (Trade Cloth) |cUSD 55.00 Retail Price (Publisher) 024 3 9780195143898 035 (WaSeSS)ssj0000085631 037 |b00020142 040 BIP US |dWaSeSS |chubpceu 050 4 BC173.A34 2001 082 00 121/.65 |221 100 1 Achinstein, Peter, |eAuthor. 210 10 The Book of Evidence 242 |yEnglish 245 14 The Book of Evidence / |cPeter Achinstein. 260 New York : |bOxford University Press, |c2001. 300 290 pages ; |c24 cm. 440 0 Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Science 520 8 What is required for something to be evidence for a hypothesis? Here, the distinguished philosopher of science Peter Achinstein addresses this question. He introduces a basic concept of "potential" evidence that is characterized using a novel epistemic interpretation of probability; the resulting theory is applied to a range of philosophical and historical issues. 650 Evidence. 773 0 |tOxford Scholarship Online Philosophy 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6121_650000000000000_ACH |70 |8REF |925314OSA |bOSA |d2014-11-07 |eOSA |l0 |o121/.65 ACH |r2014-11-07 |w2014-11-07 |yBK |cReference 920 01 KoDk9bek 992 01 121_650000000000000_ACH |bYXY_TUZZZZZZZZZZZZZ_PNI 966 |cIn the Research Room