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Language English ISBN 978-0521685573 Published 1975 | 3.9/5 Goodreads Subject History of probability | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback) Genres Mathematics, Philosophy, Science Similar Ian Hacking books, Mathematics books, Probability books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference is a 1975 book by philosopher Ian Hacking.
Contents
Summary
Hacking provides an account of an important period in the history of probability. He shows that the modern argument for preferring facts to testimony in science assumes probabilistic thinking.
Reception
Hacking's work has been described as ground-breaking.
References
The Emergence of Probability Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA