The emergence of probability : a philosophical study of early ideas about probability, induction and statistical inference

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 presents a philosophical critique of early ideas about probability, induction, and statistical inference and the growth of this new family of ideas in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries. Hacking invokes a wide intellectual framework involving the growth of science, economics, and the theology of the period. He argues that the transformations that made it possible for probability concepts to emerge have constrained all subsequent development of probability theory and determine the space within which philosophical debate on the subject is still conducted. First published in 1975, this edition includes an introduction that contextualizes his book in light of developing philosophical trends. Ian Hacking is the winner of the Holberg International Memorial Prize 2009.

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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 presents a philosophical critique of early ideas about probability, induction, and statistical inference and the growth of this new family of ideas in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries. Hacking invokes a wide intellectual framework involving the growth of science, economics, and the theology of the period. He argues that the transformations that made it possible for probability concepts to emerge have constrained all subsequent development of probability theory and determine the space within which philosophical debate on the subject is still conducted. First published in 1975, this edition includes an introduction that contextualizes his book in light of developing philosophical trends. Ian Hacking is the winner of the Holberg International Memorial Prize 2009.

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[目次]

  • Introduction
  • 1. An absent family of ideas
  • 2. Duality
  • 3. Opinion
  • 4. Evidence
  • 5. Signs
  • 6. The first calculations
  • 7. The Roannez circle
  • 8. The great decision
  • 9. The art of thinking
  • 10. Probability and the law
  • 11. Expectation
  • 12. Political arithmetic
  • 13. Annuities
  • 14. Equipossibility
  • 15. Inductive logic
  • 16. The art of conjecturing
  • 17. The first limit theorem
  • 18. Design
  • 19. Induction.

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[目次]

  • Introduction
  • 1. An absent family of ideas
  • 2. Duality
  • 3. Opinion
  • 4. Evidence
  • 5. Signs
  • 6. The first calculations
  • 7. The Roannez circle
  • 8. The great decision
  • 9. The art of thinking
  • 10. Probability and the law
  • 11. Expectation
  • 12. Political arithmetic
  • 13. Annuities
  • 14. Equipossibility
  • 15. Inductive logic
  • 16. The art of conjecturing
  • 17. The first limit theorem
  • 18. Design
  • 19. Induction.

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この本の情報

書名 The emergence of probability : a philosophical study of early ideas about probability, induction and statistical inference
著作者等 Hacking, Ian
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2006
版表示 2nd ed
ページ数 209 p.
大きさ 23 cm
ISBN 0521685575
0521866553
NCID BA7862135X
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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