Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy

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Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy is a philosophical and scientific monograph by Nick Bostrom that systematically analyzes how observer-related selection effects influence reasoning about probability, evidence, and the structure of the universe.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical monograph ⓘ
scientific monograph ⓘ
aim to systematize reasoning under observation selection effects ⓘ
author Nick Bostrom NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorSameAs Nick Bostrom NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfPublication United Kingdom ⓘ
field cosmology ⓘ
decision theory ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
probability theory ⓘ
genre analytic philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
probability theory ⓘ
hasPart analysis of anthropic principles ⓘ
discussion of reference class choice ⓘ
discussion of the Doomsday argument ⓘ
formalization of observation selection effects ⓘ
treatment of the Sleeping Beauty problem ⓘ
influenced debates on anthropic reasoning in cosmology ⓘ
discussions of existential risk and population ethics ⓘ
philosophical work on self-locating beliefs ⓘ
influencedBy Bayesian epistemology NERFINISHED ⓘ
anthropic principle NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Bayesian reasoning ⓘ
Doomsday argument NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sleeping Beauty problem NERFINISHED ⓘ
anthropic reasoning ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
fine-tuning of the universe ⓘ
observation selection effects ⓘ
observer-relative evidence ⓘ
philosophy of physics ⓘ
philosophy of probability ⓘ
probability theory ⓘ
reference class problem ⓘ
self-indication assumption ⓘ
self-locating belief ⓘ
self-sampling assumption ⓘ
publicationYear 2002 ⓘ
publisher Routledge NERFINISHED ⓘ
title Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ
topic evidence under observational bias ⓘ
observer-relative probabilities ⓘ
selection effects in scientific reasoning ⓘ
structure of the universe ⓘ

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