The first comprehensive study of Pliny the Elder's economic thought--and its implications for understanding the Roman Empire's constrained innovation and economic growthThe elder Pliny's Natural History (77 CE), an astonishing compilation of 20,000 "things worth knowing," was av…
"The inaugural title in the new, Open Access series BSPS Open, The Material Theory of Induction will initiate a new tradition in the analysis of inductive inference. The fundamental burden of a theory of inductive inference is to determine which are the good inductive inferences…
This publication is an unrivalled exposition of a theory of particular interest to students both of epistemology and the philosophy of science.
This publication is an unrivalled exposition of a theory of particular interest to students both of epistemology and the philosophy of science.
"How do we go about weighing evidence, testing hypotheses and making inferences? According to the model of 'inference to the Best explanation', we work out what to infer from the evidence by thinking about what would actually explain that evidence, and we take the ability of a h…
Study of Nyāyabindu of Dharmakīrti, 7th cent. and its commentary Nyāyabinduṭīkā of Dharmottara.
Study of Nyāyabindu of Dharmakīrti, 7th cent. and its commentary Nyāyabinduṭīkā of Dharmottara.
