Ockham's Razors: A User's Manual
Awards:   Short-listed for PROSE Award for Philosophy 2016 Short-listed for PROSE Awards: Philosophy 2016 Shortlisted for PROSE Awards: Philosophy 2016.
Author:   Elliott Sober (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   322
Publication Date:   23 July 2015
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  • Short-listed for PROSE Award for Philosophy 2016
  • Short-listed for PROSE Awards: Philosophy 2016
  • Shortlisted for PROSE Awards: Philosophy 2016.

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Author:   Elliott Sober (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.70cm
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9781107692534


ISBN 10:   1107692539
Pages:   322
Publication Date:   23 July 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
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Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. A history of parsimony in thin slices (from Aristotle to Morgan); 2. The probabilistic turn; 3. Parsimony in evolutionary biology - phylogenetic inference; 4. Parsimony in psychology - chimpanzee mind-reading; 5. Parsimony in philosophy; References.

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'Sober's treatment of the role of Ockham's razor in scientific methodology is, quite simply, the best that one can find in the philosophical literature today. With excursions into such diverse topics as model construction, Bayesian statistics, phylogenetic inference, philosophy of mind, and general philosophical methodology, readers of all stripes will find this book rewarding.' James M. Joyce, Cooper Harold Langford Collegiate Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 'Ockham's Razors is a great book that philosophers, scientists, and anyone else interested in reasoning about the empirical world would do well to read carefully.' Daniel Steel, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews


Sober's treatment of the role of Ockham's razor in scientificmethodology is, quite simply, the best that one canfind in the philosophical literature today.With excursions into such diverse topics as model construction, Bayesian statistics, phylogenetic inference, philosophy of mind, and general philosophical methodology, readers of all stripes will find this book rewarding. James M. Joyce, Cooper Harold Langford Collegiate Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor


Author Information

Elliott Sober is Hans Reichenbach Professor and William F. Vilas Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison. In 2014 the Philosophy of Science Association awarded him the Carl Gustav Hempel Award for lifetime achievement in philosophy of science. His publications include: Evidence and Evolution: The Logic Behind the Science (2008), Did Darwin Write the Origin Backwards?: Philosophical Essays on Darwin's Theory (2011) and Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior (1998, co-authored with David Wilson).

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