Reliable Reasoning: Induction and Statistical Learning Theory

by Sanjeev Kulkarni and Gilbert Harman

Book Overview

The implications for philosophy and cognitive science of developments in statistical learning theory.

In Reliable Reasoning, Gilbert Harman and Sanjeev Kulkarni--a philosopher and an engineer--argue that philosophy and cognitive science can benefit from statistical learning theory (SLT), the theory that lies behind recent advances in machine learning. The philosophical problem of induction, for example, is in part about the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262517345
• ISBN13: 9780262517348
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Bradford Book
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher