Anthropic Bias
| Author | Nick Bostrom |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Anthropic principle |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Routledge |
Publication date | 2002 |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | 978-0415883948 |
| Followed by | Human Enhancement |
Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy (2002) is a non-fiction book by Oxford philosophy professor Nick Bostrom. Bostrom investigates how to reason when suspected that evidence is biased by "observation selection effects", in other words, evidence that has been filtered by the precondition that there be some appropriate positioned observer to "have" the evidence. This conundrum is sometimes hinted at as "the anthropic principle," "self-locating belief," or "indexical information".[1][2]
The book is available to download (PDF) or read for free thanks to the permission of the author.[3] Link here.
References
- ^ "Anthropic Bias | anthropic-principle.com". www.anthropic-principle.com. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
- ^ "Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy (Hardback) - Routledge". www.routledge.com. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
- ^ "Anthropic Bias - complete text | anthropic-principle.com". www.anthropic-principle.com. Retrieved 2015-11-03.