Title Decisions and revisions : philosophical essays on knowledge and value / Isaac Levi

Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984

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Description xvii, 293 pages ; 24 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Part I. Cognitive Decision Making: 1. Must the scientist make value judgements? -- 2. On the seriousness of mistakes -- 3. Corroboration and rules of acceptance -- 4. Deductive cogency in inductive inference -- 5. Information and inference -- 6. Epistemic utility and the evaluation of experiments -- 7. Abduction and demands for information -- Part II. Knowledge and Ignorance: 8. Truth, fallibility and the growth of knowledge -- 9. Four types of ignorance -- 10. Escape from boredom: edification according to Rorty -- 11. Serious possibility -- Part III: Chance and Surprise: 12. Subjectives, disposition and chances -- 13. Direct inference -- 14. Potential surprise: its role in inference and decision making -- Part IV. Decision Making: 15. Newcomb's many problems -- 16. Conflict and social agency -- 17. Liberty and welfare -- Bibliography of Isaac Levi -- Bibliography -- Index of names -- Index of subjects Analysis Knowledge - Philosophical perspectives Notes Includes bibliographies and indexes Bibliography Includes bibliographies and indexes Subject Knowledge, Theory of. Science -- Methodology. Values. LC no. 83026355 ISBN 0521254574

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