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Osiander's psychology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 August 2011

Clark Glymour
Clark Glymour
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. [email protected]
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Abstract

Bayesian psychology follows an old instrumentalist tradition most infamously illustrated by Osiander's preface to Copernicus's masterpiece. Jones & Love's (J&L's) criticisms are, if anything, understated, and their proposals overoptimistic.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , August 2011 , pp. 199 - 200
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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