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Principles of Probability Relations and Philosophical Science Part-I

Author : Mayukh Maitra

Publisher : Educreation Publishing

Page : 213 pages

File Size : 44,71 MB

Release : 2019-09-18

Category : Self-Help

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The elements of a risk matrix [K] that is determinable from the elements of the state transition matrix [M] for the different states of a known system at each instant of time, expressed in an exponential form gives the instantaneous system reliability matrix [R], by the process of matrix inversion. Similarly, the complements of matrix elements are found by the identity matrix that has unit elements. The rules of algebra are applicable, as is the scalar multiplication and addition and so for the



Philosophical Theories of Probability

Author : Donald Gillies

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 239 pages

File Size : 20,88 MB

Release : 2012-09-10

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1134672454

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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.



Probability Theory

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Publisher : Allied Publishers

Page : 436 pages

File Size : 17,48 MB

Release : 2013

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ISBN : 9788177644517

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Probability theory



A Philosophical Guide to Chance

Author : Toby Handfield

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 265 pages

File Size : 25,78 MB

Release : 2012-04-05

Category : Science

ISBN : 1107080010

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It is a commonplace that scientific inquiry makes extensive use of probabilities, many of which seem to be objective chances, describing features of reality that are independent of our minds. Such chances appear to have a number of paradoxical or puzzling features: they appear to be mind-independent facts, but they are intimately connected with rational psychology; they display a temporal asymmetry, but they are supposed to be grounded in physical laws that are time-symmetric; and chances are used to explain and predict frequencies of events, although they cannot be reduced to those frequencies. This book offers an accessible and non-technical introduction to these and other puzzles. Toby Handfield engages with traditional metaphysics and philosophy of science, drawing upon recent work in the foundations of quantum mechanics and thermodynamics to provide a novel account of objective probability that is empirically informed without requiring specialist scientific knowledge.



Philosophy of Probability

Author : Antony Eagle

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Page : 0 pages

File Size : 11,80 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Olasılık-Felsefe

ISBN : 9780415483872

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Alan Hajek, The Australian National University, Australia.





Philosophy of Probability and Statistical Modelling

Author : Mauricio Suárez

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : pages

File Size : 41,63 MB

Release : 2021-01-21

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1108983847

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This Element has two main aims. The first one (sections 1-7) is an historically informed review of the philosophy of probability. It describes recent historiography, lays out the distinction between subjective and objective notions, and concludes by applying the historical lessons to the main interpretations of probability. The second aim (sections 8-13) focuses entirely on objective probability, and advances a number of novel theses regarding its role in scientific practice. A distinction is drawn between traditional attempts to interpret chance, and a novel methodological study of its application. A radical form of pluralism is then introduced, advocating a tripartite distinction between propensities, probabilities and frequencies. Finally, a distinction is drawn between two different applications of chance in statistical modelling which, it is argued, vindicates the overall methodological approach. The ensuing conception of objective probability in practice is the 'complex nexus of chance'.







Causality, Probability, and Medicine

Author : Donald Gillies

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 248 pages

File Size : 26,44 MB

Release : 2018-08-15

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1317564286

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Why is understanding causation so important in philosophy and the sciences? Should causation be defined in terms of probability? Whilst causation plays a major role in theories and concepts of medicine, little attempt has been made to connect causation and probability with medicine itself. Causality, Probability, and Medicine is one of the first books to apply philosophical reasoning about causality to important topics and debates in medicine. Donald Gillies provides a thorough introduction to and assessment of competing theories of causality in philosophy, including action-related theories, causality and mechanisms, and causality and probability. Throughout the book he applies them to important discoveries and theories within medicine, such as germ theory; tuberculosis and cholera; smoking and heart disease; the first ever randomized controlled trial designed to test the treatment of tuberculosis; the growing area of philosophy of evidence-based medicine; and philosophy of epidemiology. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers in philosophy of science and philosophy of medicine, as well as those working in medicine, nursing and related health disciplines where a working knowledge of causality and probability is required.