The Emergence of Probability A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference

Hacking, Ian

ISBN 10: 0521204607 / ISBN 13: 9780521204606

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1975

Beschreibung

Former library book with identifying stickers and stamps. No DJ. Minor wear only. Clean pages with no highlighting or writing detected. 30-day returns. Shipments destined outside Canada may be subject to duties where the customer resides. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 209 pages.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7799

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Emergence of Probability A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1975
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0521204607
• ISBN-13: 9780521204606
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Good+
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket

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Inhaltsangabe

A critique of the growth of probability theory in the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Críticas

'Ian Hacking's delightful new book is a tour de force of historical scholarship ... [He] takes us on a fascinating tour, not only among the 17th century giants of probability theory, such as Pascal, Huygens, Leibniz, and Bernoulli, but among their predecessors and descendants ... the book can be recommended to anyone interested in history, or philosophy, or gambling, or theology. It contributes to the understanding of all these topics and more.' Theory and Decision

'This is not a technical book on probability, although of course Hacking is at home in this field and writes easily about it when necessary. His book is an important contribution to the history of ideas, cutting new paths, joining some of the more standard and known aspects of the early history of probability theory with lesser-known but equally important works ... not only does Hacking write well, but he has a firm historical sense, and is careful to get the views he discusses correct. His history of the idea of probability is careful, accurate, and absolutely absorbing.' Philosophical Books