Induction, Probability, & Confirmation

Volume 6
Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science

Table of Contents

CONFIRMATION AND RELEVANCE . . . 3
Wesley C. Salmon, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

CARNAP'S EMPIRICISM . . . 37
Richard C. Jeffrey, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

BAYESIAN METHODS AND THE INITIAL PROBABILITIES
OF THEORIES
. . . 50
Mary Hesse, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

INDUCTION AND EMPIRICISM: A BAYESIAN-FREQUENTIST
ALTERNATIVE
. . . 106
Grover Maxwell, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

SHIMONY'S A PRIORI ARGUMENTS FOR TEMPERED PERSONALISM . . . 166
Paul Teller, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO CIRCLE

VINDICATION: A REPLY TO PAUL TELLER . . . 204
Abner Shimony, BOSTON UNIVERSITY

THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL ROOTS OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE . . . 212
Ronald N. Giere, UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA

THE USES OF PROBABILITY AND THE CHOICE
OF A REFERENCE CLASS
. . . 262
Henry Kyburg, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

INDUCTION, RATIONAL ACCEPTANCE, AND
MINIMALLY INCONSISTENT SETS
. . . 295
Keith Lehrer, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

CONFIRMATION AND PARSIMONY . . . 324
George Schlesinger, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

COMMENTS ON "CONFIRMATION AND PARSIMONY" . . . 343
Paul Teller, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO CIRCLE

REJOINDER TO PROFESSOR TELLER . . . 347
George Schlesinger, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS . . . 350
David Miller, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

NAMES, RANDOM SAMPLES, AND CARNAP . . . 367
William H. Hanson, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

PRESUPPOSITIONS OF PROPENSITY THEORIES OF PROBABILITY . . . 388
Tom Settle, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

POPPER'S PROPENSITY INTERPRETATION OF PROBABILITY AND QUANTUM MECHANICS . . . 416
Jeffrey Bub, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INFERENCE AND EXPECTATION: SOME PRELIMINARY REMARKS . . . 430
Walter Weimer, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

MACH'S PRINCIPLE AND THE LAWS OF LOGIC . . . 487
Peter Caws, HUNTER COLLEGE

PHYSICAL LAWS AND THE NATURE OF
PHILOSOPHICAL REDUCTION
. . . 496
Brian Skyrms, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO CIRCLE

PARADOXES OF COSMOLOGICAL SELF-REFERENCE . . . 530
Robert M. Anderson, Jr., STANFORD MEDICAL SCHOOL

INDEXES . . .543