The Emergence of Probability A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas About Probability Induction and Statistical

Ian Hacking

ISBN 10: 0521318033 / ISBN 13: 9780521318037

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, NEW YORK, 1985

Cambridge Paperback Library INGLESE Studio filosofico sullle probabilità in edizione originale inglese, volume brossurato usato che mostra un ottimo stato conservativo, fogli interni privi di imperfezioni, saldi alla cerniera. Copertina pieghevole plastificata ben preservata, etichetta commerciale in parte distaccata al piatto posteriore. N. pag. 209. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers KNS1696

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

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Emergence of Probability A Philosophical...
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, NEW YORK
Erscheinungsdatum: 1985
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: OTTIMO USATO
Auflage: 1. Auflage