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The Emergence of Probability : A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference
The Emergence of Probability A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability Induction and Statistical Inference
Author: Ian Hacking
Historical records show that there was no real concept of probability in Europe before the mid-seventeenth century although the use of dice and other randomizing objects was commonplace. Ian Hacking here presents a philosophical critique of early ideas about probability, induction and statistical inference and the growth of this new family of id...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521204606
ISBN-10: 0521204607
Publication Date: 4/25/1975
Pages: 209
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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