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9780226511979

Error and the Growth of Experimental Knowledge

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  • ISBN13:

    9780226511979

  • ISBN10:

    0226511979

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1996-07-15
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

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We may learn from our mistakes, but Deborah Mayo argues that, where experimental knowledge is concerned, we haven't begun to learn enough. Error and the Growth of Experimental Knowledgelaunches a vigorous critique of the subjective Bayesian view of statistical inference, and proposes Mayo's own error-statistical approach as a more robust framework for the epistemology of experiment. Mayo genuinely addresses the needs of researchers who work with statistical analysis, and simultaneously engages the basic philosophical problems of objectivity and rationality. Mayo has long argued for an account of learning from error that goes far beyond detecting logical inconsistencies. In this book, she presents her complete program for how we learn about the world by being "shrewd inquisitors of error, white gloves off." Her tough, practical approach will be important to philosophers, historians, and sociologists of science, and will be welcomed by researchers in the physical, biological, and social sciences whose work depends upon statistical analysis.

Table of Contents

Preface
Learning from Error
Ducks, Rabbits, and Normal Science: Recasting the Kuhn's-Eye View of Popper
The New Experimentalism and the Bayesian Way
Duhem, Kuhn, and Bayes
Models of Experimental Inquiry
Severe Tests and Methodological Underdetermination
The Experimental Basis from Which to Test Hypotheses: Brownian Motion
Severe Tests and Novel Evidence
Hunting and Snooping: Understanding the Neyman-Pearson Predesignationist Stance
Why You Cannot Be Just a Little Bit Bayesian
Why Pearson Rejected the Neyman-Pearson (Behavioristic) Philosophy and a Note on Objectivity in Statistics
Error Statistics and Peircean Error Correction
Toward an Error-Statistical Philosophy of Science
References
Index
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