The design inference
eliminating chance through small probabilities
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Author
Publication
1998 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
Language
English
Word Count
60,750 words, Guess
Page Count
243 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL344071M
- ISBN-100521623871
- OCLC Control Number38551103
- OCLC Control Numberdesigninferencee00wdem
- Library of Congress Control Number98003020
and 2 more
- Goodreads3601376
- LibraryThing241038
Classifications
- DDC001.4/34
- LCCQA279 .D455 1998
Description
How can we identify events due to intelligent causes and distinguish them from events due to undirected natural causes? If we lack a causal theory how can we determine whether an intelligent cause acted? This book presents a reliable method for detecting intelligent causes: the design inference. The design inference uncovers intelligent causes by isolating the key trademark of intelligent causes: specified events of small probability. Design inferences can be found in a range of scientific pursuits from forensic science to research into the origins of life to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. This challenging and provocative book will be read with particular interest by philosophers of science and religion, other philosophers concerned with epistemology and logic, probability and complexity theorists, and statisticians.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in probability, induction and decision theory
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