A Treatise on Probability.

KEYNES, John Maynard.

Edité par London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1921

First edition, first impression, of the author's examination of probability, which also includes a valuable bibliography of some 600 works on the subject. A Treatise on Probability began as Keynes's fellowship dissertation at King's College, Cambridge in 1908. In the work, he seeks to establish a mathematical basis for probability theory, reflecting the work of Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead on symbolic logic. Russell writes of this work "the mathematical calculus is astonishingly powerful, considering the very restricted premises which form its foundation. the book as a whole is one which it is impossible to praise too highly" (quoted in DSB). Mark Blaug notes that the work "is well-known among philosophers as a leading example, indeed the leading example, of the subjective approach to the logical foundations of probability" (Blaug, p. 4) Moggridge A 3.1. Mark Blaug, John Maynard Keynes: Life, Ideas, Legacy, 1990. Octavo. Tipped-in errata slip between pp. vi-vii; leaf of publisher's advertisements at rear. Original brown cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, covers ruled in blind. Lightly bumped and rubbed, several small spots to front cover, contents toned and with browning to several leaves: a very good copy. N° de réf. du vendeur 168319

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Titre : A Treatise on Probability.
Éditeur : London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1921
Edition : Edition originale