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The science of conjecture : evidence and probability before Pascal /
"In The Science of Conjecture, James Franklin examines how judges, witch inquisitors, and juries evaluated evidence; scientists weighed reasons for and against scientific theories; and merchants counted shipwrecks to determine insurance rates. Sometimes this type of reasoning avoided numbers en...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
©2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. The Ancient Law of Proof
- 2. The Medieval Law of Evidence: Suspicion, Half-proof, and Inquisition
- 3. Renaissance Law
- 4. The Doubting Conscience and Moral Certainty
- 5. Rhetoric, Logic, Theory
- 6. Hard Science
- 7. Soft Science and History
- 8. Philosophy: Action and Induction
- 9. Religion: Laws of God, Laws of Nature
- 10. Aleatory Contracts: Insurance, Annuities, and Bets
- 11. Dice
- 12. Conclusion
- Epilogue: The Survival of Unquantified Probability
- Appendix: Review of Work on Probability before 1660.