Practical Inferences
Title | Practical Inferences PDF eBook |
Author | D S Clarke |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2022-11-30 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1000797678 |
First published in 1985, Practical Inferences describes how practical inferences are used. Starting with relatively simple inference patterns exhibited in everyday prudential decisions, the author extends a basic structural framework to the more complex inferences used in assessing probabilities, and finally to moral inferences. In this way what have been regarded as disparate activities are shown to exhibit fundamental similarities. The author argues that at all levels of decision-making the practical inferences used contain at least one premise expressing the desires or preferences of the agent. This is in opposition to the dominant view in Western philosophy that desires must be regulated or evaluated by means of principles of conduct discovered by rational procedures. By examining the premises implied by holders of this view, the author shows that they are inadequate bases for justifying practical decisions. This book will be of interest to students of philosophy, logic and mathematics.
Practical Inferences
Title | Practical Inferences PDF eBook |
Author | R.M. Hare |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 2023-04-28 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0520328868 |
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971.
An Exposition of the Assemblies Catechism, with Practical Inferences from Each Question
Title | An Exposition of the Assemblies Catechism, with Practical Inferences from Each Question PDF eBook |
Author | John Flavel |
Publisher | |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 1767 |
Genre | Westminster Assembly |
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The Anatomy of the Gravid Uterus, with Practical Inferences Relative to Pregnancy and Labour
Title | The Anatomy of the Gravid Uterus, with Practical Inferences Relative to Pregnancy and Labour PDF eBook |
Author | John BURNS (Regius Professor of Surgery in Glasgow University.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 1799 |
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An Exposition of the Assemblies Catechism, with practical inferences from each Question: as it was carried on in the Lords Days Exercises in Dartmouth, in the First Year of Liberty, 1688. By J. Flavell. [With a preface by Increase Mather.]
Title | An Exposition of the Assemblies Catechism, with practical inferences from each Question: as it was carried on in the Lords Days Exercises in Dartmouth, in the First Year of Liberty, 1688. By J. Flavell. [With a preface by Increase Mather.] PDF eBook |
Author | Assembly of Divines (England) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 1692 |
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Model Selection and Multimodel Inference
Title | Model Selection and Multimodel Inference PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth P. Burnham |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 512 |
Release | 2007-05-28 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 0387224564 |
A unique and comprehensive text on the philosophy of model-based data analysis and strategy for the analysis of empirical data. The book introduces information theoretic approaches and focuses critical attention on a priori modeling and the selection of a good approximating model that best represents the inference supported by the data. It contains several new approaches to estimating model selection uncertainty and incorporating selection uncertainty into estimates of precision. An array of examples is given to illustrate various technical issues. The text has been written for biologists and statisticians using models for making inferences from empirical data.
Specific Skills Series: Making Inferences
Title | Specific Skills Series: Making Inferences PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Remedia Publications |
Pages | 32 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781596398337 |