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Critical Rationalism : a Restatement And Defence / David Miller.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher number: EB00641569 | Recorded BooksPublication details: New York : Open Court, 2015.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812699401
  • 0812699408
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Critical Rationalism : A Restatement and Defence.DDC classification:
  • 501 20
LOC classification:
  • Q175
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  • af101fs
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Contents:
Preface; 1. Conjectural Knowledge ; 1.1 The Problem of Induction ; 1.2 Outline of Falsificationism ; 1.3 Conclusion ; 2. Popper's Solution of the Problem of Induction ; 2.1 Enumeration of Objections ; 2.2 Elimination of Objection ; 2.3 Conclusion ; Technical Note; 3. A Critique of Good Reasons ; 3.1 Introduction: The Constitution of Rationalism ; 3.2 Three Independent Theses ; 3.3 The Unobtainability of Good Reasons ; 3.4 The Unusability of Good Reasons ; 3.5 The Unneccessariness of Good Reasons ; Technical Notes; 4. Comprehensively Critical Rationalism: An Assessment ; 4.1 Bartley.
4.2 Comprehensively Critical Rationalism 4.3 Criticisms of CCR; 5. Hume: Bacon = Godel: Hilbert; 5.1 Introduction ; 5.2 Hilbert and Godel ; 5.3 Bacon and Hume ; 5.4 Godel and Hume ; 5.5 Response to Godel ; 5.6 Four Responses to Hume ; 5.7 Three More Responses to Hume ; 5.8 Falsificationism and Some Variants ; 5.9 Two Final Responses to Hume ; 5.10 Conclusion ; 6. Three Lost Labours of Deductivism ; 6.1 Deductivism ; 6.2 Preferences among Theories ; 6.3 Scotching Skepticism ; 6.4 Cosmetic Rationalism ; 6.5 Pure Bayesianism ; Technical Note; 7. On the Maximization of Expected Futility.
7.1 Introduction 7.2 The Requirement of Total Evidence ; 7.3 Good's Answer ; 7.4 Acquiring a Necktie ; 7.5 Criticism of Good's Answer ; 7.6 Probability Kinematics; 7.7 Acquiring a Necktie (continued) ; 7.8 Conclusion ; 8. Diverging Distributions ; 8.1 Introduction ; 8.2 The Logistic Function ; 8.3 The Binomial Distribution ; 8.4 A Chaotic Distribution ; 8.5 Another Chaotic Distribution; 8.6 Scientific Objectivity ; 8.7 Approximate Distributions ; 8.8 Conclusion ; Technical Note ; 9. Objective Probabilities ; 9.1 Introduction ; 9.2 The Frequency Interpretation of Probability.
9.3 The Falsifiability of Probability Statements 9.4 The Propensity Interpretation of Probability ; 9.5 Crticisms of the Propensity Interpretation ; 9.6 Probability as Instantaneous Frequency ; 10. Truth, Truthlikeness, Approximate Truth ; 10.1 The Problem of Verisimilitude; 10.2 Verisimilitude as an Aim ; 10.3 An Alternative Approach ; 10.4 Some Logical Notes; 11. Impartial Truth ; Bibliography ; Index.
Summary: David Miller elegantly and provocatively reformulates critical rationalism-the revolutionary approach to epistemology advocated by Karl Popper-by answering its most important critics. He argues for an approach to rationality freed from the debilitating authoritarian dependence on reasons and justification. "Miller presents a particularly useful and stimulating account of critical rationalism. His work is both interesting and controversial ... of interest to anyone with concerns in epistemology or the philosophy of science."--Canadian Philosophical Reviews.
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David Miller elegantly and provocatively reformulates critical rationalism-the revolutionary approach to epistemology advocated by Karl Popper-by answering its most important critics. He argues for an approach to rationality freed from the debilitating authoritarian dependence on reasons and justification. "Miller presents a particularly useful and stimulating account of critical rationalism. His work is both interesting and controversial ... of interest to anyone with concerns in epistemology or the philosophy of science."--Canadian Philosophical Reviews.

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Preface; 1. Conjectural Knowledge ; 1.1 The Problem of Induction ; 1.2 Outline of Falsificationism ; 1.3 Conclusion ; 2. Popper's Solution of the Problem of Induction ; 2.1 Enumeration of Objections ; 2.2 Elimination of Objection ; 2.3 Conclusion ; Technical Note; 3. A Critique of Good Reasons ; 3.1 Introduction: The Constitution of Rationalism ; 3.2 Three Independent Theses ; 3.3 The Unobtainability of Good Reasons ; 3.4 The Unusability of Good Reasons ; 3.5 The Unneccessariness of Good Reasons ; Technical Notes; 4. Comprehensively Critical Rationalism: An Assessment ; 4.1 Bartley.

4.2 Comprehensively Critical Rationalism 4.3 Criticisms of CCR; 5. Hume: Bacon = Godel: Hilbert; 5.1 Introduction ; 5.2 Hilbert and Godel ; 5.3 Bacon and Hume ; 5.4 Godel and Hume ; 5.5 Response to Godel ; 5.6 Four Responses to Hume ; 5.7 Three More Responses to Hume ; 5.8 Falsificationism and Some Variants ; 5.9 Two Final Responses to Hume ; 5.10 Conclusion ; 6. Three Lost Labours of Deductivism ; 6.1 Deductivism ; 6.2 Preferences among Theories ; 6.3 Scotching Skepticism ; 6.4 Cosmetic Rationalism ; 6.5 Pure Bayesianism ; Technical Note; 7. On the Maximization of Expected Futility.

7.1 Introduction 7.2 The Requirement of Total Evidence ; 7.3 Good's Answer ; 7.4 Acquiring a Necktie ; 7.5 Criticism of Good's Answer ; 7.6 Probability Kinematics; 7.7 Acquiring a Necktie (continued) ; 7.8 Conclusion ; 8. Diverging Distributions ; 8.1 Introduction ; 8.2 The Logistic Function ; 8.3 The Binomial Distribution ; 8.4 A Chaotic Distribution ; 8.5 Another Chaotic Distribution; 8.6 Scientific Objectivity ; 8.7 Approximate Distributions ; 8.8 Conclusion ; Technical Note ; 9. Objective Probabilities ; 9.1 Introduction ; 9.2 The Frequency Interpretation of Probability.

9.3 The Falsifiability of Probability Statements 9.4 The Propensity Interpretation of Probability ; 9.5 Crticisms of the Propensity Interpretation ; 9.6 Probability as Instantaneous Frequency ; 10. Truth, Truthlikeness, Approximate Truth ; 10.1 The Problem of Verisimilitude; 10.2 Verisimilitude as an Aim ; 10.3 An Alternative Approach ; 10.4 Some Logical Notes; 11. Impartial Truth ; Bibliography ; Index.

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