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The search for certainty : on the clash of science and philosophy of probability /

This volume represents a radical departure from the current philosophical duopoly in the area of foundations of probability, that is, the frequency and subjective theories. One of the main new ideas is a set of scientific laws of probability. The new laws are simple, intuitive and, last but not leas...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burdzy, K. (Krzysztof)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2009.
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505 0 |a Preface; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Main Philosophies of Probability; 3. The Science of Probability; 4. Decision Making; 5. The Frequency Philosophy of Probability; 6. Classical Statistics; 7. The Subjective Philosophy of Probability; 8. Bayesian Statistics; 9. Teaching Probability; 10. Abuse of Language; 11. What is Science?; 12. What is Philosophy?; 13. Concluding Remarks; 14. Mathematical Methods of Probability and Statistics; 15. Literature Review; Bibliography; Index. 
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