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Wstęp do bayesowskiej metodologii współczesnej kosmologii
Introduction to the bayesian methodology of contemporary cosmology

Author(s): Aleksandra Kurek, Łukasz Kukier, Marek Szydłowski, Paweł Tambor
Subject(s): Philosophy of Science
Published by: Copernicus Center Press
Keywords: bayesianism; cosmology;

Summary/Abstract: The Bayesian framework is used in reconstruction of modern cosmology which actually concentrates on estimation of model parameters. The authors demonstrate that observational cosmology should be treated as an effective theory of the Universe. It realizes dream of science proposed by logical empirism in some sense, i.e. science should be founded on empirical data from the very beginning, and it formulates and amplifies the hypothesis through new empirical data. They have also shown some limitations of the Bayesian approach as well as its advantages when this approach is applied to cosmology.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 45
  • Page Range: 62-96
  • Page Count: 35
  • Language: Polish