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

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Edited by Cambridge : Cambridge university press (1984)
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Ian Hacking here presents a philosophical critique of early ideas about probability, induction and statistical inference and the growth of this new family of ...

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0521318033   0521685575   9780521318037   0521866553   9780511817557   9780521204606   0521204607   9780521685573

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