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Abstract/Sommario: Strategies of data production - Measurement error in regression and path analysis - Path and process models - Association and prediction of variables.

Abstract/Sommario: This books contains the papers presented at the second biennal meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, held in Boston in Fall, 1970.
We have added the paper by Jaakko Hintikka which he was unable to present due to illness, and we have unfortunately not received the paper of Michael Scriven. Otherwise, these proceedings are complete so far as formal presentations.
The meeting itself was dedicated to the memory of Rudolf Carnap. This great man and distinguished philosopher ha ...; [Leggi tutto...] This books contains the papers presented at the second biennal meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, held in Boston in Fall, 1970.
We have added the paper by Jaakko Hintikka which he was unable to present due to illness, and we have unfortunately not received the paper of Michael Scriven. Otherwise, these proceedings are complete so far as formal presentations.
The meeting itself was dedicated to the memory of Rudolf Carnap. This great man and distinguished philosopher had died shortly before. The five talks from the session devoted to recollections of Professor Carnap are printed at the beginning of this book, and they are followed by eight other tributes and memories. We are particularly grateful to Wolfgang Stegmuller for permitting us to include a translation of his eloge which was broadcast in Germany. The photographs were kindly contributed by Hannah Thost-Carnap.

Abstract/Sommario: The limits of personalism - Measuring partial belief - Frequencies and trials - Propensity - Half lives and the force of mortality - Imprecision and inexactness - Connectivity and classical propensities - Determinism and laws of nature.

Abstract/Sommario: Three logics of belief - The consistency of rational belief - Conjunctivitis - Induction. A discussion of the relevance of the theory of knowledge to the theory of induction (with a digression to the effect that neither deductive logic nor the probability calculus has anything to do with inference) - Justification, explanation, and induction - Probability and evidence - Dracula meets Wolfman: acceptance vs partial belief - Induction, acceptance, and rational belief: a selected bibliogr ...; [Leggi tutto...] Three logics of belief - The consistency of rational belief - Conjunctivitis - Induction. A discussion of the relevance of the theory of knowledge to the theory of induction (with a digression to the effect that neither deductive logic nor the probability calculus has anything to do with inference) - Justification, explanation, and induction - Probability and evidence - Dracula meets Wolfman: acceptance vs partial belief - Induction, acceptance, and rational belief: a selected bibliography.

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...] 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 Inference," and "Explanation and Information."

Abstract/Sommario: Long run frequencies - The chance set-up - Support - The long run - The law of likelihood - Statistical tests - Theories of testing - Random sampling - The fiducial argument - Estimation - Point estimation - Bayes' theory - The subjective theory.

Abstract/Sommario: The problem of capital - Production without capital - Equilibrium, prices and time - Semi-stationary growth - Marginal products and capital - The Cambridge model - The aggregation of miscellaneous objects - The production function - The linear production model - Efficiency, production prices and rates of return - More in the Cambridge model: non-substitution theory - The orthodox vision - Investment - The structure of interest rates - Disputations.

Abstract/Sommario: Economic psychology and behavioral science - Understanding and comparing consumer behavior - Predicting consumer behavior - The consumer in a changing environment - Poverty and social welfare - Concluding essay.

Abstract/Sommario: The revival of growth theory: post-keynesian models - The rise of "neoclassical" models: Solow and Swan - The principal critics of the neoclassical models: the modern Cambridge school - Extensions of the neoclassical models: aggregation and disaggregation - Extensions of the neoclassical models: vintage capital goods - Extensions of the neoclassical models: saving behavior - Endogenous technical progress - Extensions of the neoclassical model: the inclusion of monetary growth - Optimal ...; [Leggi tutto...] The revival of growth theory: post-keynesian models - The rise of "neoclassical" models: Solow and Swan - The principal critics of the neoclassical models: the modern Cambridge school - Extensions of the neoclassical models: aggregation and disaggregation - Extensions of the neoclassical models: vintage capital goods - Extensions of the neoclassical models: saving behavior - Endogenous technical progress - Extensions of the neoclassical model: the inclusion of monetary growth - Optimal growth and intertemporal efficiency - Consumption-oriented optimal growth models - Accumulation-oriented optimal growth models - Appendix: a mathematical review.