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width: 6.6 in height: 0.4 in Publication Year: 2005 Contributor: Graham MacDonald (Introduction by) Item Height: 0.4 in Publication Name: Probability and Evidence Author: A. J. Ayer Type: Textbook Publisher: Columbia University Press Subject Area: Mathematics, Philosophy, Science Series: Columbia Classics in Philosophy Ser. Item Length: 8.7 in Item Weight: 8.1 Oz Edition: Columbia Classics edition Book Title: Probability and Evidence ISBN-10: 0231132751 Release Year: 2005 Subject: Philosophy & Social Aspects, Probability & Statistics / General, Individual Philosophers, General, Logic EAN: 9780231132756 ISBN: 9780231132756 Format: Trade Paperback Number of Pages: 172 Pages Language: English Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality Item Width: 6.6 in Country of Origin: US Release Date: 12/13/2005

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A. J. Ayer Probability and Evidence (Paperback) Columbia Classics in Philosophy. In other essays, he defines the three kinds of probability that inform inductive reasoning and examines the various criteria for verifiability and falsifiability. He also provides a brief biographical sketch of Ayer, and includes a bibliography of works about and in response to Probability and Evidence. Further DetailsTitle: Probability and Evidence Condition: New ISBN-10: 0231132751 Format: Paperback Author: A. J. Ayer Contributor: Graham MacDonald (Introduction by) EAN: 9780231132756 ISBN: 9780231132756 Edition: Columbia Classics edition Publisher: Columbia University Press Release Date: 12/13/2005 Description: A. J. Ayer was one of the foremost analytical philosophers of the twentieth century, and was known as a brilliant and engaging speaker. In essays based on his influential Dewey Lectures, Ayer addresses some of the most critical and controversial questions in epistemology and the philosophy of science, examining the nature of inductive reasoning and grappling with the issues that most concerned him as a philosopher. This edition contains revised and expanded versions of the lectures and two additional essays. Ayer begins by considering Hume's formulation of the problem of induction and then explores the inferences on which we base our beliefs in factual matters. In other essays, he defines the three kinds of probability that inform inductive reasoning and examines the various criteria for verifiability and falsifiability. In his extensive introduction, Graham Macdonald discusses the arguments in Probability and Evidence, how they relate to Ayer's other works, and their influence in contemporary philosophy. He also provides a brief biographical sketch of Ayer, and includes a bibliography of works about and in response to Probability and Evidence. Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Series: Columbia Classics in Philosophy Release Year: 2005 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.