Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy
Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy (Studies in Philosophy)
Nick Bostrom
ISBN: | 9781136710995 |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Published: | 11 October, 2013 |
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Language: | English |
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Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy
Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy (Studies in Philosophy)
Nick Bostrom
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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