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This book is concerned with two philosophical problems about the gradation of certainty which emerged in the 17th century and which, the author argues, are still alive today. One is concerned with the evaluation of inductive reasoning, whether in science, in jurisprudence or elsewhere; the other with the interpretation of the mathematical calculus of chance. At a non-specialist level, this book investigates both problems and the extent to which they are interconnected. The author aims to explore the diversity of logical structures that are available for judgements of probability, and to explore the rationale for their appropriateness to different contexts of application. Cohen's aim is to face up to the complexity of the underlying philosophical issues rather than to rehearse familiar mathematical findings or statistical procedures.Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN-139780198750789
eBay Product ID (ePID)89270313
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Book TitleAn Introduction to the Philosophy of Induction and Probability
AuthorL. Jonathan Cohen
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicPopular Philosophy, Mathematics
Publication Year1988
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages227 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height210mm
Item Width130mm
Item Weight313g
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Title_AuthorL. Jonathan Cohen
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
