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Reichenbach’s Transcendental Probability

Benedictus, F. J. and Dieks, Dennis (2013) Reichenbach’s Transcendental Probability. [Preprint]

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    Abstract

    The aim of this article is twofold. First, we shall review and analyse the Neo-Kantian justification for the application of probabilistic concepts in physics that was defended by Hans Reichenbach early in his career, notably in his dissertation of 1916. At first sight this Kantian approach seems to contrast sharply with Reichenbach’s later logical positivist, frequentist viewpoint. But, and this is our second goal, we shall attempt to show that there is an underlying continuity in Reichenbach’s thought: typical features of his early Kantian conceptions can still be recognized in his later work.


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    Item Type: Preprint
    Keywords: Reichenbach, probability, induction, neo-kantianism
    Subjects: General Issues > Confirmation/Induction
    General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science
    Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics
    Depositing User: MSc. F. J. Benedictus
    Date Deposited: 17 Jun 2013 11:47
    Last Modified: 17 Jun 2013 11:47
    Item ID: 9837
    URI: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9837

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