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The Logic of Reliable Inquiry

Kevin T Kelly author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:15th Feb '96

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This book considers the question of the reliability of scientific methods. One method of inquiry can be said to be more reliable than another if it eventually arrives at the truth in more possible circumstances than the other method can. Kelly begins with a discussion of the philosophical significance of reliability, examines the reliability of computable methods, provides a general, topological perspective on reliable inference by "ideal" agents, and investigates the possibility of reliable enquiry in the face of theory-laden evidence and incommensurability. The text is extensively and amusingly illustrated and assumes only introductory knowledge of basic logic and computability theory.

ISBN: 9780195091953

Dimensions: 160mm x 235mm x 35mm

Weight: 776g

448 pages