An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic

Ian Hacking

ISBN 10: 0521775019 / ISBN 13: 9780521775014

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Beschreibung

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This is an introductory textbook on probability and induction written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of science. The book has been designed to offer maximal accessibility to the widest range of students (not only those majoring in philosophy) and assumes no formal training in elementary symbolic logic. It offers a comprehensive course covering all basic definitions of induction and probability.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780521775014

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0521775019
• ISBN-13: 9780521775014
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

This is an introductory 2001 textbook on probability and induction written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of science. It offers a comprehensive course covering all basic definitions of induction and probability, and considers such topics as decision theory, Bayesianism, frequency ideas, and the philosophical problem of induction.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ian Hacking is the winner of the Holberg International Memorial Prize 2009.