An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic

Hacking, Ian

ISBN 10: 0521775019 / ISBN 13: 9780521775014

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 2007

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Sixth Printing. Octavo, xvii, 302 pp. Illustrated wraps. Lightly rubbed, minor creases to front wrap corners, no internal markings. Very Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 4306

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Titre : An Introduction to Probability and Inductive...

Éditeur : Cambridge University Press

Date d'édition : 2007

Reliure : Soft cover

Etat : Very Good

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Book by Hacking Ian

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This is an introductory 2001 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, and considers such topics as decision theory, Bayesianism, frequency ideas, and the philosophical problem of induction. The key features of this book are a lively and vigorous prose style; lucid and systematic organization and presentation of ideas; many practical applications; a rich supply of exercises drawing on examples from such fields as psychology, ecology, economics, bioethics, engineering, and political science; numerous brief historical accounts of how fundamental ideas of probability and induction developed; and a full bibliography of further reading.