An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic
by Ian Hacking
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This is an introductory 2001 textbook on probability and induction written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of science. The book has been designed to offer maximal accessibility to the widest range of students (not only those majoring in philosophy) and assumes no formal training in elementary symbolic logic. It offers a comprehensive course covering all basic definitions of induction and probability, and considers such topics as decision theory, Bayesianism, frequency ideas, and show more the philosophical problem of induction. The key features of this book are a lively and vigorous prose style; lucid and systematic organization and presentation of ideas; many practical applications; a rich supply of exercises drawing on examples from such fields as psychology, ecology, economics, bioethics, engineering, and political science; numerous brief historical accounts of how fundamental ideas of probability and induction developed; and a full bibliography of further reading. show lessTags
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Took a lot of time to finish this with long breaks but it was indeed an engaging text. A must read for all students and teachers of applications of probability who want to cover necessary philosophical ground.
A gentle, subtle, and slow history of and introduction to probabilistic reasoning.
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Ian Hacking holds the chair of philosophy and history of scientific concepts at the College de France
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- Introduzione alla probabilità e alla logica induttiva
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