Science, Belief and Behaviour

Essays in Honour of R. B. Braithwaite

Edited by D. H. Mellor

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980, pp. xii+227
ISBN: 0 521 22960 X

This book is now out of print. Copies may be obtainable from the Advanced Book Exchange

Preface
Introduction

1 Neo-transcendental approaches towards scientific theory appraisal: Gerd Buchdahl
2 The possibility of absolutism: Nick Jardine
3 Science and the organisation of belief: S. Körner
4 Braithwaite and Kuhn: analogy-clusters within and without hypothetico-deductive systems in science: Margaret Masterman
5 A revised regularity view of scientific laws: Mary Hesse
6 Necessities and universals in natural laws: D. H. Mellor
7 Induction as self-correcting according to Peirce: Isaac Levi
8 Statistical statements: their meaning, acceptance and use: Henry E. Kyburg, Jr
10 How is it reasonable to base preferences on estimates of chance?: R. C. Jeffrey
11 Use of Bayesian probability models in game theory: John C. Harsanyi
12 Welfare, rights and fairness: Frederic Schick

Bibliography of the philosophical writings of R. B. Braithwaite.

Updated 13 July 2005