Książka Ockham's Razors Elliott Sober

Ockham's Razors

A User's Manual

Autor: Elliott Sober
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Miękka
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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Ockham's razor, the principle of parsimony, states that simpler theories are better than theories th...

Informacje o książce

Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Miękka
Data wydania
2015
strony
322
EAN
9781107692534
ISBN
1107692539
Enbook ID
09255528
Waga
634
Wymiary
247 x 177 x 17

Pełny opis

Ockham's razor, the principle of parsimony, states that simpler theories are better than theories that are more complex. It has a history dating back to Aristotle and it plays an important role in current physics, biology, and psychology. The razor also gets used outside of science – in everyday life and in philosophy. This book evaluates the principle and discusses its many applications. Fascinating examples from different domains provide a rich basis for contemplating the principle's promises and perils. It is obvious that simpler theories are beautiful and easy to understand; the hard problem is to figure out why the simplicity of a theory should be relevant to saying what the world is like. In this book, the ABCs of probability theory are succinctly developed and put to work to describe two 'parsimony paradigms' within which this problem can be solved.

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