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The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference

The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference

Hacking, Ian
Wichura, Michael J.

Hardcover

Series: Cambridge Series on Statistical & Probabilistic Mathematics

Probability & Statistics

ISBN10: 0521866553
ISBN13: 9780521866552
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jul 24 2006
Pages: 244
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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.

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