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The future of post-human probability : towards a new theory of objectivity and subjectivity /

Is the degree of probability that an individual holds when betting on a particular outcome really so subjective that, as Frank Ramsey once argued, ""objective logical relations"" do not exist and that ""probability is 'the logic of partial belief'""?...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baofu, Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2014.
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505 0 |a The Future of Post-Human Probability; The Future of Post-Human Probability: Towards a New Theory of Objectivity and Subjectivity; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; BOOKS ALSO BY PETER BAOFU; CONTENTS; TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PART ONE: Introduction; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION -THE USE OF PROBABILITY; A Questioning of Probability; Definition and History of Probability; Objectivity and Subjectivity in Probability; Diverse Aspects of Probability; The Theoretical Debate; The Interpretivist Theory of Probability; Theory and Meta-Theory. 
505 8 |a The Logic of Existential DialecticsSophisticated Methodological Holism; Chapter Outline; Some Clarifications; PART TWO: Objectivity; CHAPTER 2 OBJECTIVITY AND ITS AMBIVALENCE; The Robustness of Objectivity; Objectivity and the Mind; Objectivity and Nature; Objectivity and Society; Objectivity and Culture; The Dogmaticalness of Objectivity; PART THREE: Subjectivity; CHAPTER 3 SUBJECTIVITY AND ITS DUALITY; The Flexibility of Subjectivity; Subjectivity and the Mind; Subjectivity and ature; Subjectivity and Society; Subjectivity and Culture; The Opinionatedness of Subjectivity. 
505 8 |a PART FOUR: ConclusionCHAPTER 4 CONCLUSION-THE FUTURE OF PROBABILITY; Beyond Objectivity and Subjectivity; In Relation to Method; In Relation to Structure; In Relation to Process; In Relation to Agency; In Relation to Outcome; 31st Thesis: The Post-Human Interpretiveness; Towards the Post-Human Interpretiveness; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. 
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