Good Thinking : The Foundations of Probability and Its Applications

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Good Thinking is a representative sampling of I.J. Good's writing on a wide range of questions about the foundations of statistical inference, especially where induction intersects with philosophy. Good believes that clear reasoning about many important practical and philosophical questions is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Good, I. J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1983.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Probabilities.
probability.
Probabilites.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Good Thinking is a representative sampling of I.J. Good's writing on a wide range of questions about the foundations of statistical inference, especially where induction intersects with philosophy. Good believes that clear reasoning about many important practical and philosophical questions is impossible except in terms of probability. This book collects from various published sources 23 of Good's articles with an emphasis on more philosophical than mathematical. He covers such topics as rational decisions, randomness, operational research, measurement of knowledge, mathematical discovery, ar.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9780816662654

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