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Janus-Faced Probability electronic resource by Paolo Rocchi.

By: Rocchi, Paolo [author.]Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014Description: XIII, 147 p. 26 illus. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319048611Subject(s): mathematics | Logic, Symbolic and mathematical | Distribution (Probability theory) | Mathematics | Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes | History of Mathematical Sciences | Mathematical Logic and Foundations | History of Mathematical SciencesDDC classification: 519.2 LOC classification: QA273.A1-274.9QA274-274.9Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
1 Interpretations of Probability -- 2 A Mathematical Approach to the Interpretation Problem.- 3 Probability Validation -- 4 About the Compatibility of Methods -- 5 Criticism on the Philosophical Pollution.- 6 Some Remarks on the Argument of Probability.- 7 Classical Modeling of the Probability Argument.- 8 Structural Modeling of the Probability Argument -- 9 Mathematical Definitions of Probability on the Basis of the Structural Model -- 10 Exploring into the Essence of Events. 
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In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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.
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1 Interpretations of Probability -- 2 A Mathematical Approach to the Interpretation Problem.- 3 Probability Validation -- 4 About the Compatibility of Methods -- 5 Criticism on the Philosophical Pollution.- 6 Some Remarks on the Argument of Probability.- 7 Classical Modeling of the Probability Argument.- 8 Structural Modeling of the Probability Argument -- 9 Mathematical Definitions of Probability on the Basis of the Structural Model -- 10 Exploring into the Essence of Events. 
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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.

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