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Peter Urbach

Disciplines:
philosophy of science

Summary

British philosopher who co-authored Scientific Reasoning: The Bayesian Approach with Colin Howson.

Core Contribution

Co-authored the most systematic defense of Bayesian confirmation theory with Colin Howson.

Notable Works & Achievements

Scientific Reasoning: The Bayesian Approach

Historical Influences

Rudolf Carnap Colin Howson

Intellectual Lineage

Analytic Philosophy of Science

Contemporaries & Peers

Colin Howson

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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