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Anthropic Bias
- Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy
Af: Nick Bostrom
Engelsk
Bogcover for Anthropic Bias af Nick Bostrom, 9780415883948
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Engelsk
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230
ISBN-13:
9780415883948
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Paperback
ISBN-10:
0415883946
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Udg. Dato:
18 jun 2010
Størrelse i cm:
22,9 x 15,1 x 1,4
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Oplagsdato:
18 jun 2010
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Anthropic Bias

- Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy
Af: Nick Bostrom
Engelsk
Paperback 2010
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Paperback
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Anthropic Bias explores how to reason when you suspect that your evidence is biased by "observation selection effects"--that is, evidence that has been filtered by the precondition that there be some suitably positioned observer to "have" the evidence. This conundrum--sometimes alluded to as "the anthropic principle," "self-locating belief," or "indexical information"--turns out to be a surprisingly perplexing and intellectually stimulating challenge, one abounding with important implications for many areas in science and philosophy.

There are the philosophical thought experiments and paradoxes: the Doomsday Argument; Sleeping Beauty; the Presumptuous Philosopher; Adam & Eve; the Absent-Minded Driver; the Shooting Room.

And there are the applications in contemporary science: cosmology ("How many universes are there?", "Why does the universe appear fine-tuned for life?"); evolutionary theory ("How improbable was the evolution of intelligent life on our planet?"); the problem of time''s arrow ("Can it be given a thermodynamic explanation?"); quantum physics ("How can the many-worlds theory be tested?"); game-theory problems with imperfect recall ("How to model them?"); even traffic analysis ("Why is the ''next lane'' faster?").

Anthropic Bias argues that the same principles are at work across all these domains. And it offers a synthesis: a mathematically explicit theory of observation selection effects that attempts to meet scientific needs while steering clear of philosophical paradox.

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0415883946
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Udg. Dato:
18 jun 2010
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