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Interpreting Probability: Controversies and Developments in the Early Twentieth Century
Contributor(s): Howie, David (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521812518     ISBN-13: 9780521812511
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $114.00  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2002
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | History & Philosophy
- Mathematics | Probability & Statistics - General
- Science | History
Dewey: 519.542
LCCN: 2001052430
Lexile Measure: 1510(Not Available)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction, and Decision Theory
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.27 lbs) 276 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1949
Features: Bibliography
 
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Publisher Description:
This book is a study of the concept of probability as it has been used and applied across a number of scientific disciplines from genetics to geophysics. Probability has a dual aspect: sometimes it is a numerical ratio; sometimes, in the Bayesian interpretation, a degree of belief. David Howie examines probabilistic theories of scientific knowledge, and asks how, despite being adopted by many scientists and statisticians in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Bayesianism was discredited as a theory of scientific inference during the 1920s and 1930s. Through a close examination of a dispute between two British scientists, the author argues that a choice between the two interpretations of probability is not forced by pure logic, or the mathematics of the situation, but depends on the experiences and aims of the individuals involved, and their views of the correct form of scientific inquiry.
 
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