Title Symmetry and its discontents : essays on the history of inductive probability / S.L. Zabell

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 279 pages) Series Cambridge studies in probability, induction, and decision theory Cambridge studies in probability, induction, and decision theory. Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; PART ONE Probability; PART TWO Personalities; PART THREE Prediction; Index Summary This volume brings together a collection of essays on the history and philosophy of probability and statistics by one of the eminent scholars in these subjects. The essays weave together the history and philosophy of these subjects and document the fascination that they have exercised for more than three centuries Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Probabilities -- History Induction (Logic) Inference. Prediction (Logic) Mathematicians -- History MATHEMATICS -- Probability & Statistics -- General. Induction (Logic) Inference Mathematicians Prediction (Logic) Probabilities Wahrscheinlichkeit Induktion Logischer Schluss Probabilidade (história) Matemática (história) Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0511126360 9780511126369 051112550X 9780511125508 9780511614293 0511614292

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