An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic
ISBN: 9780521775014 | 0521775019
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 7/2/2001
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This is an introductory textbook on probability and induction written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of science. It offers a comprehensive course covering all basic definitions of induction and probability, and considers such topics as decision theory, Bayesianism, frequency ideas, and the philosophical problem of induction.
An introductory textbook on probability and induction written by a foremost philosopher of science.
An introductory textbook on probability and induction written by a foremost philosopher of science.
| A Note on the Cover Illustration | ix | ||||
| Foreword | xi | ||||
| Odd Questions | xv | ||||
| LOGIC | |||||
| 1 | (10) | |||
| 11 | (12) | ||||
| HOW TO CALCULATE PROBABILITIES | |||||
| 23 | (14) | |||
| 37 | (10) | |||
| 47 | (11) | |||
| 58 | (11) | |||
| 69 | (10) | |||
| HOW TO COMBINE PROBABILITIES AND UTILITIES | |||||
| 79 | (19) | |||
| 98 | (16) | |||
| 114 | (13) | |||
| KINDS OF PROBABILITY | |||||
| 127 | (13) | |||
| 140 | (11) | |||
| PROBABILITY AS A MEASURE OF BELIEF | |||||
| 151 | (12) | |||
| 163 | (8) | |||
| 171 | (18) | |||
| PROBABILITY AS FREQUENCY | |||||
| 189 | (12) | |||
| 201 | (8) | |||
| 209 | (20) | |||
| 229 | (18) | |||
| PROBABILITY APPLIED TO PHILOSOPHY | |||||
| 247 | (9) | |||
| 256 | (5) | |||
| 261 | (8) | |||
| Answers to the Exercises | 269 | (24) | |||
| Further Reading | 293 | (7) | |||
| Index | 300 |
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