The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas About Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference by Ian Hacking, Ian Hacking

The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas About Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference

Ian Hacking, Ian Hacking

missing page info Add in missing page information • first pub 1975 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics philosophy challenging informative slow-paced
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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 ...

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