Experience and Prediction (Classic Reprint): An Analysis of the Foundations and the Structure of Knowledge - Softcover

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A practical guide to how science builds knowledge and bets on the future.

Experience and Prediction offers a clear view of knowledge as a system of posits or wagers, and it shows how induction leads to the best possible predictions in science and daily life. This book explains how we move from observed events to reliable expectations, balancing justification with the limits of certainty. It contrasts waking and dream worlds to illustrate how our predictions rely on the regularities of nature, while acknowledging the statistical character of many conclusions.

• How knowledge can be understood as bets on future events, not just true propositions.
• The role of induction in forming predictions and selecting the most favorable inferences.
• Why absolute certainty is elusive, and how weight and probability guide our beliefs.

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