Mellor, D. H. (ed.) [Buchdahl, G.; Jardine, N.; Koerner, S.; Masterman, M.; Hesse, M.; Mellor, D. H.; Levi, I.; Hacking, I.; Kyburg, H. E. jun.; Jeffrey, R. C.; Harsanyi, J. C.; Schick, F.] Science, belief and behaviour. Essays in honour of R. B. Braithwaite. (English) Zbl 0479.03002 Cambridge etc.: Cambridge University Press. XII, 227 p., 1 plate, £12.00 (1980). Page: −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 ±0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 Show Scanned Page Cited in 2 Documents MSC: 03A05 Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations 62-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to statistics 90-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming 03-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to mathematical logic and foundations 03B48 Probability and inductive logic 62A01 Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics 91A35 Decision theory for games 60A05 Axioms; other general questions in probability 62C10 Bayesian problems; characterization of Bayes procedures 91A10 Noncooperative games 91B06 Decision theory Keywords:organization of belief; bibliography of Braithwaite’s philosophical writings; scientific theories; neo-transcendentalist; absolute truth; analogy-clusters; concept of natural law; methodological account of statistical probabilities; probable inference; interval estimation; possible worlds semantics for statistical hypotheses; objective probabilities; Bayesian decision theory; subjective probabilities in games with incomplete information; n-person noncooperative games; social decision making Biographic References: Braithwaite, R. B. Citations:Zbl 0052.004; Zbl 0133.416 PDFBibTeX XML