Book ID: CBB000830028

The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction, and Statistical Inference (2006)

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Hacking, Ian (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2006
Edition Details: Second edition.
Physical Details: 209 pp.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Includes a new introduction that contextualizes his book in light of new work and philosophical trends.


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Review Sheynin, O. B. (2008) Review of "The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction, and Statistical Inference". VIET: Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniia i Tekhniki (pp. 175-177). unapi

Essay Review Daston, Lorraine (2007) The History of Emergences. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 801-808). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Schneider, Ivo H.
Alves Diniz, Marcio
Raffo Quintana, Federico
Todhunter, Isaac
Shea, William R.
Serrano, David Teira
Journals
Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
British Journal for the History of Mathematics
Leonardo
Bollettino di Storia delle Scienze Matematiche
Publishers
Thoemmes Press
Stanford University Press
Springer-Verlag
Science History Publications
Institut National d'Études Démographiques
F. Steiner
Concepts
Mathematics
Probability and statistics
Philosophy
Science and religion
Induction
Philosophy of science
People
Bernoulli, Jakob
Pascal, Blaise
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von
Laplace, Pierre Simon
Wallis, John
Simpson, Thomas
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
19th century
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
Places
Great Britain
Germany
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