Scientific Reasoning: The Bayesian Approach
- ISBN-10
- 081269578X
- ISBN-13
- 9780812695786
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 327
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing
- Authors
- Colin Howson, Peter Urbach
Description
Scientific Reasoning: The Bayesian Approach explains, in an accessible style, those elements of the probability calculus that are relevant to Bayesian methods, and argues that the probability calculus is best regarded as a species of logic.
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