Evidence and hypothesis in clinical medical science / John Alexander Pinkston.
In this book, the author argues that no current philosophical theory of evidence in clinical medical science is adequate. None can accurately explain the way evidence is gathered and used to confirm hypotheses. To correct this, he proposes a new approach called the weight of evidence account. This i...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer,
2020.
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| Series: | Synthese library ;
v. 426. |
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| Online Access: | Springer Humanities and Social Science eBook Collection 2020 English/International |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Theories of Confirmation in which Hypotheses do not have Probabilities
- 3. Theories of Confirmation in which Hypotheses have Probabilities, and Inference to the Best Explanation
- 4. Confirmation of Hypotheses in Clinical Medical Science
- 5. A Weight of Evidence Account
- 6. The Weight of Evidence Account Defended
- 7. Justification for the Hierarchical Pyramid of Evidence-Based Medicine and a Defense of Randomization
- 8. Ethics and Evidence: Is Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials Necessary to Firmly Establish a New Therapy?
- Index.