Bayes or bust? : a critical examination of Bayesian confirmation theory /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Earman, John
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1992.
Subjects:	Bayes, Thomas. Bayes, Thomas, > 1702-1761. Science > Philosophy. Science > Methodology. Bayesian statistical decision theory. Sciences > Philosophie. Sciences > Méthodologie. Statistique bayésienne. Methode van Bayes. Hypothese. Bestätigung. Statistischer Test. Bayes-Entscheidungstheorie. Wissenschaftsphilosophie. Sciences - Méthodologie. Sciences - Philosophie. Statistical inference
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents:

Bayes's Bayesianism
The machinery of modern Bayesianism
Success stories
Challenges met
The problem of old evidence
The rationality and objectivity of scientific inference
A plea for eliminative induction
Normal science, scientific revolutions, and all that: Thomas Bayes versus Thomas Kuhn
Bayesianism versus formal-learning theory
A dialogue.