02422nam 2200529 a 450 991078240620332120230213211749.00-8166-6265-7(CKB)1000000000689986(EBL)345544(OCoLC)476162323(SSID)ssj0000360701(PQKBManifestationID)11925463(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000360701(PQKBWorkID)10347306(PQKB)10656719(MiAaPQ)EBC345544(Au-PeEL)EBL345544(CaPaEBR)ebr10231244(CaONFJC)MIL526186(EXLCZ)99100000000068998619820108d1983 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGood thinking[electronic resource] the foundations of probability and its applications /I.J. GoodMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc19831 online resource (352 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-1141-6 0-8166-1142-4 Includes bibliographies and indexes.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Bayesian Rationality; Part II. Probability; Part III. Corroboration, Hypothesis Testing, Induction, and Simplicity; Part IV. Information and Surprise; Part V. Causality and Explanation; References; Bibliography; Subject Index of the Bibliography; Name Index; Subject IndexGood 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, arProbabilitiesProbabilities.519.2Good Irving John47268MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782406203321Good thinking3820677UNINA