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Anthropic Bias

Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy (2002) is a book by philosopher Nick Bostrom. It investigates how to reason when one suspects that evidence is biased by "observation selection effects"—when the evidence has been pre-filtered by the condition that some observer was appropriately positioned to "receive" it. This…

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Author
Nick Bostrom
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Routledge
Followed by
Human Enhancement
Language
English
Media type
Print

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related to Self-indication assumption · 4
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Anthropic BiasFollowed byHuman Enhancement1.00infobox
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Anthropic BiasLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Anthropic BiasMedia typePrint1.00infobox
Anthropic BiasPages2401.00infobox
Anthropic BiasPublication date20021.00infobox
Anthropic BiasPublisherRoutledge1.00infobox
Anthropic BiasSubjectAnthropic principle1.00infobox
Anthropic Biasrelated to External linksObservation Selection Effects0.60section
Anthropic Biasrelated to External linksScience0.60section
Anthropic Biasrelated to External linksPhilosophy0.60section

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