Anthropic bias : (Record no. 15285)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 978-0415883948 (pbk.) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | IN-BhIIT |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 121.6 |
| Book number | BOS/A |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Bostrom, Nick |
| Relator term | Author |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Anthropic bias : |
| Sub Title | observation selection effects in science amd philosophy / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Nick Bostrom |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | routledge, |
| Year of publication | 2010. |
| Place of publication | New York : |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiii, 224 p. : |
| Other physical details(ill.) | ill. ; |
| Dimensions(size) | 19 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references. and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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, one abounding with important implications for many areas in science and philosophy.<br/>There are the philosophical thought experiments and paradoxes: the Doomsday Argument; Sleeping Beauty; the Presumptuous Philosopher; Adam & Eve; the Absent-Minded Driver; the Shooting Room.<br/><br/>And 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?").<br/>Anthropic 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. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Limits of Knowledge |
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| Koha item type | Technical Reference Book |
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| Not withdrawn | Not Lost | not damaged | SHSSM | Central Library, IIT Bhubaneswar | Central Library, IIT Bhubaneswar | 28/01/2026 | 52 | 4281.35 | 121.6 BOS/A | 11368 | 5864.86 | 28/01/2026 | Technical Reference Book |