An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic

Produktbeschreibung

An introductory 2001 textbook on probability and induction written by a foremost philosopher of science. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Logic: 1. Logic; 2. What is inductive logic?; Part II. How to Calculate
Probabilities: 3. The gambler's fallacy; 4. Elementary probability; 5.
Conditional probability; 6. Basic laws of probability; 7. Bayes' rule; Part III.
How to Combine Probabilities and Utilities: 8. Expected value; 9. Maximizing
expected value; 10. Decision under uncertainty; Part IV. Kinds of Probability:
11. What do you mean?; 12. Theories about probability; Part V. Probability as a
Measure of Belief: 13. Personal probabilities; 14. Coherence; 15. Learning from
experience; Part VI. Probability as Frequency: 16. Stability; 17. Normal
approximations; 18. Significance; 19. Confidence and inductive behaviour; Part
VII. Probability Applied to Philosophy: 20. The philosophical problem of
induction; 21. Learning from experience as an evasion of the problem; 22.
Inductive behaviour as an evasion of the problem. 

Autoreninfo

Ian Hacking is the winner of the Holberg International Memorial Prize 2009.