Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy

Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy (Studies in Philosophy)

Cover Art for 9780415883948, Anthropic Bias by Nick Bostrom
ISBN: 9781136710995
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 11 October, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English
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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 fo

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