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Author: Peter Achinstein (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 22.60cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 15.20cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9780195171716
ISBN 10: 0195171713
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 27 November 2003
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
""The Book of Evidence is ambitious in aim and thorough in detail: it seeks to show what is faulty about the major definitions of evidence that have been on offer and develops a novel view that relates evidence to explanation and realism. This book has a rare combination of analytical clarity and historical sensibility and could only have been written by someone who has been thinking about these issues for several decades...Achinstein's project is richly executed, with many fringe benefits.""--Sherrilyn Roush, ISIS ""The Book of Evidence is a real philosophical advance--a huge step forward in our ways of thinking about evidence.""--Stathis Psillos, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research ""Although this book is primarily directed toward philosophers and historians of science, [it] is elegantly written and highly accessible for scientists.""--Journal of Mathematical Psychology ""The Book of Evidence is ambitious in aim and thorough in detail: it seeks to show what is faulty about the major definitions of evidence that have been on offer and develops a novel view that relates evidence to explanation and realism. This book has a rare combination of analytical clarity and historical sensibility and could only have been written by someone who has been thinking about these issues for several decades...Achinstein's project is richly executed, with many fringe benefits.""--Sherrilyn Roush, ISIS ""The Book of Evidence is a real philosophical advance--a huge step forward in our ways of thinking about evidence.""--Stathis Psillos, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research ""Although this book is primarily directed toward philosophers and historians of science, [it] is elegantly written and highly accessible for scientists.""--Journal of Mathematical Psychology
The Book of Evidence is ambitious in aim and thorough in detail: it seeks to show what is faulty about the major definitions of evidence that have been on offer and develops a novel view that relates evidence to explanation and realism. This book has a rare combination of analytical clarity and historical sensibility and could only have been written by someone who has been thinking about these issues for several decades...Achinstein's project is richly executed, with many fringe benefits. --Sherrilyn Roush, ISIS<br> The Book of Evidence is a real philosophical advance--a huge step forward in our ways of thinking about evidence. --Stathis Psillos, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research<br> Although this book is primarily directed toward philosophers and historians of science, [it] is elegantly written and highly accessible for scientists. --Journal of Mathematical Psychology<br>
