Philosophy and Probability

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-19-966183-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press(UK)

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 279 g

Probability is increasingly important for our understanding of the world. What is probability? How do we model it, and how do we use it? Timothy Childers presents a lively introduction to the foundations of probability and to philosophical issues it raises. He keeps technicalities to a minimum, and assumes no prior knowledge of the subject. He explains the main interpretations of probability-frequentist, propensity, classical, Bayesian, and objective Bayesian-and uses stimulating examples to bring the subject to life. All students of philosophy will benefit from an understanding of probability, and this is the book to provide it.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Childers, Timothy

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Philosophie der Mathematik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Mathematik, Philosophie der Physik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- 1: Probability and Relative Frequencies

- 2: Propensities and Other Physical Probabilities

- 3: Subjective Probability

- 4: Subjective and Objective Probabilities

- 5: The Classical and Logical Interpretations

- 6: The Maximum Entropy Principle

- Appendices

- References

Über Autor(innen)

Timothy Childers was born in Louisiana. After an undergraduate education at Louisiana State University, he obtained his doctorate from the London School of Economics. He then moved to Prague where he has ever since been a member of the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.