Wesley C. Salmon 
The Foundations of Scientific Inference [EPUB ebook] 
50th Anniversary Edition

After its publication in 1967, <i>The Foundations of Scientific Inference</i> taught a generation of students and researchers about the problem of induction, the interpretation of probability, and confirmation theory. Fifty years later, Wesley C. Salmon’s book remains one of the clearest introductions to these fundamental problems in the philosophy of science. This anniversary edition of Salmon’s foundational work features a detailed introduction by Christopher Hitchcock, which examines the book’s origins, influences, and major themes, its impact and enduring effects, the disputes it raised, and its place in current studies, revisiting Salmon’s ideas for a new audience of philosophers, historians, scientists, and students.

About the author

<b>Wesley C. Salmon</b> (1925–2001) was University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, past president of the Philosophy of Science Association, and the author of numerous books, including <i>Four Decades of Scientific Explanation; Space, Time, and Motion: A Philosophical Introduction</i>; and <i>Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World.</i>