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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hackensack, NJ :
World Scientific,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 least, they agree well with the contents of current textbooks on probability. Another major new claim is that the "frequency statistics" has nothing in common with the "frequency philosophy of probability," contrary to popular belief. Similarly, contrary to the general perception, the "Bayesian statisti. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 255 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-251) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789814273718 9814273716 1282442740 9781282442740 |