{"product_id":"9780415883948","title":"Anthropic Bias : Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Bostrom, Nick \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 18\/06\/2010,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 230 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780415883948,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthropic 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 for many areas in science and philosophy. There are the philosophical thought experiments and paradoxes: the Doomsday Argument; Sleeping Beauty; the Presumptuous Philosopher; Adam \u0026amp; Eve; the Absent-Minded Driver; the Shooting Room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd there are the applications in contemporary science: cosmology ('How many universes are there?', 'Why does the universe appear fine-tuned for life?'); evolutionary theory ('How improbable was the evolution of intelligent life on our planet?'); the problem of time's arrow ('Can it be given a thermodynamic explanation?'); quantum physics ('How can the many-worlds theory be tested?'); game-theory problems with imperfect recall ('How to model them?'); even traffic analysis ('Why is the 'next lane' faster?').\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthropic Bias argues that the same principles are at work across all these domains. And it offers a synthesis: a mathematically explicit theory of observation selection effects that attempts to meet scientific needs while steering clear of philosophical paradox.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697295654956,"sku":"9780415883948","price":45.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780415883948_31e91cb2-c62c-4105-ae70-64cd369d4e33.jpg?v=1759663808","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.info\/products\/9780415883948","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}