Janus-faced probability [electronic resource] / Paolo Rocchi.

Janus-faced probability [electronic resource] / Paolo Rocchi.

9783319048611 electronic book
3319048619 electronic book
9783319048604

Cham : Springer, 2014.

English

1 online resource (xiii, 147 pages) : illustrations

10.1007/978-3-319-04861-1 doi

QA273

519.2

The problem of probability interpretation was long overlooked before exploding in the 20th century, when the frequentist and subjectivist schools formalized two conflicting conceptions of probability. Beyond the radical followers of the two schools, a circle of pluralist thinkers tends to reconcile the opposing concepts. The author uses two theorems in order to prove that the various interpretations of probability do not come into opposition and can be used in different contexts. The goal here is to clarify the multifold nature of probability by means of a purely mathematical approach and to show how philosophical arguments can only serve to deepen actual intellectual contrasts. The book can be considered as one of the most important contributions in the analysis of probability interpretation in the last 10-15 years.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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