The Emergence of Probability
A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference
2nd Edition
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- Author: Ian Hacking
- Date Published: September 2006
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521866552
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Historical records show that there was no real concept of probability in Europe before the mid-seventeenth century, although the use of dice and other randomizing objects was commonplace. Ian Hacking presents a philosophical critique of early ideas about probability, induction, and statistical inference and the growth of this new family of ideas in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries. Hacking invokes a wide intellectual framework involving the growth of science, economics, and the theology of the period. He argues that the transformations that made it possible for probability concepts to emerge have constrained all subsequent development of probability theory and determine the space within which philosophical debate on the subject is still conducted. First published in 1975, this edition includes an introduction that contextualizes his book in light of developing philosophical trends. Ian Hacking is the winner of the Holberg International Memorial Prize 2009.
Read more- Includes an introduction that contextualizes the book in light of new work and philosophical trends since the first edition, published in 1975
- Presents a philosophical critique of early ideas about probability, induction and statistical inference
- Addresses the development of probability from an historical perspective
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- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: September 2006
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521866552
- length: 244 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 158 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.476kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. An absent family of ideas
2. Duality
3. Opinion
4. Evidence
5. Signs
6. The first calculations
7. The Roannez circle
8. The great decision
9. The art of thinking
10. Probability and the law
11. Expectation
12. Political arithmetic
13. Annuities
14. Equipossibility
15. Inductive logic
16. The art of conjecturing
17. The first limit theorem
18. Design
19. Induction.
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