Probability and EvidenceIn Probability and Evidence, one of Britain's foremost twentieth-century philosophers addresses central questions in the theory of knowledge and the philosophy of science. This book contains A.J. Ayer's John Dewey Lectures delivered at Columbia University, together with two additional essays, "Has Harrod Answered Hume?" and "The Problem of Conditionals." |
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A. J. AYER accept actual answer antecedent apply argument asserting assumption believe black raven burn yellow calculus of chances Carnap causal statement concept conclusion conjunction consequence construed continuity counter-example degree of confirmation entails evidence example existence false falsified favour frequency theory G. E. Moore generalisation of fact generalisation of law generalisation of tendency given Goodman happen Harrod Hempel's paradox Hume Hume's individual induction inference instance inverse probability John Dewey judgements of credibility judgements of probability justified kind large numbers law of large logically match Nelson Goodman non-black things non-truth-functional conditional notion observations occur physical objects Popper postulate predicates premiss principle of experience principle of indifference properties proportion question ratio ravens are black reason Rudolf Carnap samples satisfied sense sodium salt specious present state-descriptions suppose things are non-ravens tion toss true generalisation truth uniformity of nature universal generalisation universal proposition