Philosophy and probability / / Timothy Childers

• Autore: Childers Timothy
• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Disciplina: 519.201
• Soggetto topico: Probabilities - Philosophy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [182]-192) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Probabilities and relative frequencies -- 2. Propensities and other physical probabilities -- 3. Subjective probabilities -- 4. Subjective and objective probabilities -- 5. The classical and logical interpretations -- 6. The maximum entropy principle.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 stimulatingexamples to bring the subject to life. All students of philosophy will benefit from an understanding of probability,
• Titolo autorizzato: Philosophy and probability
• ISBN: 0-19-966183-9; 0-19-166802-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823440803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II