| Philosophical Lectures on Probability: Collected, Edited, and Annotated by Alberto Mura Contributor(s): de Finetti, Bruno (Author), Mura, Alberto (Editor), Galavotti, Maria Carla (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 9048178053 ISBN-13: 9789048178056 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Philosophy | Epistemology - Mathematics | History & Philosophy |
| Dewey: 121.63 |
| Series: Synthese Library (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.79 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bruno de Finetti (1906-1985) is the founder of the subjective interpretation of probability, together with the British philosopher Frank Plumpton Ramsey. His related notion of "exchangeability" revolutionized the statistical methodology. This book (based on a course held in 1979) explains in a language accessible also to non-mathematicians the fundamental tenets and implications of subjectivism, according to which the probability of any well specified fact F refers to the degree of belief actually held by someone, on the ground of her whole knowledge, on the truth of the assertion that F obtains. |