The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference (Cambridge Series on Statistical & Probabilistic Mathematics)

Hacking, Ian

ISBN 10: 0521685575 / ISBN 13: 9780521685573

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Titre : The Emergence of Probability: A ...

Éditeur : Cambridge University Press

Date d'édition : 2006

Reliure : Paperback

Etat : Very Good

Edition : 2ème Édition

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The Emergence of Probability Includes an introduction, contextualizing his book in light of developing philosophical trends. Full description

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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.