Author : Georg Henrik Von Wright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 39,84 MB
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1317831012
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : John Maynard Keynes
Publisher :
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 31,82 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Probabilities
ISBN :
Author : Brian Skyrms
Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 39,26 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
Author : Colin Howson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 30,61 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0198250371
This volume offers a solution to one of the central, unsolved problems of Western philosophy, that of induction. It explores the implications of Hume's argument that successful prediction tells us nothing about the truth of the predicting theory.
Author : David Howie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 30,97 MB
Release : 2002-08-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 1139434373
The term probability can be used in two main senses. In the frequency interpretation it is a limiting ratio in a sequence of repeatable events. In the Bayesian view, probability is a mental construct representing uncertainty. This 2002 book is about these two types of probability and investigates how, despite being adopted by scientists and statisticians in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Bayesianism was discredited as a theory of scientific inference during the 1920s and 1930s. Through the examination of a dispute between two British scientists, the author argues that a choice between the two interpretations is not forced by pure logic or the mathematics of the situation, but depends on the experiences and aims of the individuals involved. The book should be of interest to students and scientists interested in statistics and probability theories and to general readers with an interest in the history, sociology and philosophy of science.
Author : William A. Dembski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 14,89 MB
Release : 1998-09-13
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0521623871
This book presents a reliable method for detecting intelligent causes: the design inference.The design inference uncovers intelligent causes by isolating the key trademark of intelligent causes: specified events of small probability. Design inferences can be found in a range of scientific pursuits from forensic science to research into the origins of life to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. This challenging and provocative book shows how incomplete undirected causes are for science and breathes new life into classical design arguments. It will be read with particular interest by philosophers of science and religion, other philosophers concerned with epistemology and logic, probability and complexity theorists, and statisticians.
Author : Patrick Maher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,74 MB
Release : 1993-02-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 052141850X
This book is a major new contribution to decision theory, focusing on the question of when it is rational to accept scientific theories. The author examines both Bayesian decision theory and confirmation theory, refining and elaborating the views of Ramsey and Savage. He argues that the most solid foundation for confirmation theory is to be found in decision theory, and he provides a decision-theoretic derivation of principles for how many probabilities should be revised over time. Professor Maher defines a notion of accepting a hypothesis, and then shows that it is not reducible to probability and that it is needed to deal with some important questions in the philosophy of science. A Bayesian decision-theoretic account of rational acceptance is provided together with a proof of the foundations for this theory. A final chapter shows how this account can be used to cast light on such vexing issues as verisimilitude and scientific realism.
Author : Patrick Suppes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,86 MB
Release : 1996-11-13
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780521568357
This is an important collection of essays by a leading philosopher, dealing with the foundations of probability.
Author : Donald Gillies
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 31,89 MB
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1134672454
The Twentieth Century has seen a dramatic rise in the use of probability and statistics in almost all fields of research. This has stimulated many new philosophical ideas on probability. Philosophical Theories of Probability is the first book to present a clear, comprehensive and systematic account of these various theories and to explain how they relate to one another. Gillies also offers a distinctive version of the propensity theory of probability, and the intersubjective interpretation, which develops the subjective theory.
Author : David F. Anderson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 18,60 MB
Release : 2017-11-02
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 110824498X
This classroom-tested textbook is an introduction to probability theory, with the right balance between mathematical precision, probabilistic intuition, and concrete applications. Introduction to Probability covers the material precisely, while avoiding excessive technical details. After introducing the basic vocabulary of randomness, including events, probabilities, and random variables, the text offers the reader a first glimpse of the major theorems of the subject: the law of large numbers and the central limit theorem. The important probability distributions are introduced organically as they arise from applications. The discrete and continuous sides of probability are treated together to emphasize their similarities. Intended for students with a calculus background, the text teaches not only the nuts and bolts of probability theory and how to solve specific problems, but also why the methods of solution work.
