Scientific Inference [Hardcover]

Sir Harold Jeffreys (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1957

A scientific theory is originally based on a particular set of observations. How can it be extended to apply outside this original range of cases? This question, which is fundamental to natural philosophy, is considered in detail in this book, which was originally published in 1931, and first published as this third edition in 1973. Sir Harold begins with the principle that 'it is possible to learn from experience and to make inferences from beyond the data directly known to sensation'. He goes on to analyse this principle, discuss its status and investigate its logical consequences. The result is a book of importance to anyone interested in the foundations of modern scientific method. His thesis provides a consistent account of how the theories proposed by physicists have been derived from, and are supported by, experimental data.

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Book Description

A scientific theory is originally based on a particular set of observations. How can it be extended to apply outside this original range of cases? This fundamental of natural philosophy, is considered in this book, which was originally published in 1931, and first published as this third edition in 1973. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 243 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2nd edition (December 1957)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521054257
• ISBN-13: 978-0521054256
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,740,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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