The Meaning of the Concept of Probability in Application to Finite Sequences

ISBN-13: 9780415687942 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 152 str.

Hilary Putnam

Opis

First published in 1990, this is a reissue of Professor Hilary Putnam 's dissertation thesis, written in 1951, which concerns itself with The Meaning of the Concept of Probability in Application to Finite Sequences and the problems of the deductive justification for induction. Written under the direction of Putnam 's mentor, Hans Reichenbach, the book considers Reichenbach 's idealization of very long finite sequences as infinite sequences and the bearing this has upon Reichenbach 's pragmatic vindication of induction.

Spis treści

1. The General Nature of the Problem and of the Required Solution  2. The Calculus of Probability and its Interpretation  3. Induction  4. The Justification of Induction

O autorze

Hilary Putnam