Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy

by Nick Bostrom

Book Overview

Anthropic 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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415883946
• ISBN13: 9780415883948
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"