Barnes, Eric Christian . <br/><br/>
The paradox of predictivism / 
Eric Christian Barnes. 
 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press;  2011. 
 - x, 265 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>CHAPTER 1 The paradox of predictivism; CHAPTER 2 Epistemic pluralism; CHAPTER 3 Predictivism and the Periodic Table of the Elements; CHAPTER 4 Miracle arguments and the demise of strong predictivism; CHAPTER 5 The predicting community; CHAPTER 6 Back to epistemic pluralism; CHAPTER 7 Postlude on old evidence; CHAPTER 8 A paradox resolved. 
<br/><br/> In The Paradox of Predictivism, Eric Barnes contends that the successful prediction of evidence serves as a testament to the overall credibility of the predictor, unlike evidence that is used to support a theory. He illustrates his argument with a significant example from nineteenth-century chemistry: Mendeleev's Periodic Law and its successful predictions of the existence of various elements. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107405165 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Philosophy.<br/>Probability.<br/>Science - Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>501  / BAR