Salmon, Wesley C.

Statistical explanation & statistical relevance

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburg, 1971
Abstract/Sommario: According to modern physics, many objectively improbable events actually occur, such as the spontaneous disintegration of radioactive atoms. Because of high levels of improbability, scientists are often at a loss to explain such phenomena. In this main essay of this book, Wesley Salmon offers a solution to scientific explanation based on the concept of statistical relevance (the S-R model). In this vein, the other two essays herein discuss "Statistical Relevance vs. Statistical Inferen ...; [leggi tutto]
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Descrizione Statistical explanation & statistical relevance / Wesley C. Salmon ; with contributions by Richard C. Jeffrey and James G. Greeno. - Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburg, 1971. - 117 p. ; 23 cm
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Salmon, Wesley C.
Greeno, James G.
Jeffrey, Richard C.