Existence Truth And Probability

Author : Hugues Leblanc
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Evidence
ISBN : 0873953800

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Existence, Truth, and Probability by Hugues Leblanc Pdf

This book includes some of the most original and influential contributions to logic and the philosophy of logic during the past twenty years. It contains thirty-five essays, many of which started new trends in logic. For example, some of the essays in Part One gave birth to what is now known as free logic, and some of the essays in Part Two were among the earliest contributions to what is now known as truth-value semantics. The essays in Part Three are contributions to and improvements of already extant logics, such as intuitionistic logic, natural deduction, and the logic of sequents. Introductions to the parts of the book cover the history of the contributions and their importance. The essays have been thoroughly revised since their publication in learned journals.

Author : Dr. Stephen D. Unwin
Publisher : Forum Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004-10-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781400097548

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The Probability of God by Dr. Stephen D. Unwin Pdf

Does God exist? This is probably the most debated question in the history of mankind. Scholars, scientists, and philosophers have spent their lifetimes trying to prove or disprove the existence of God, only to have their theories crucified by other scholars, scientists, and philosophers. Where the debate breaks down is in the ambiguities and colloquialisms of language. But, by using a universal, unambiguous language—namely, mathematics—can this question finally be answered definitively? That’s what Dr. Stephen Unwin attempts to do in this riveting, accessible, and witty book, The Probability of God. At its core, this groundbreaking book reveals how a math equation developed more than 200 years ago by noted European philosopher Thomas Bayes can be used to calculate the probability that God exists. The equation itself is much more complicated than a simple coin toss (heads, He’s up there running the show; tails, He’s not). Yet Dr. Unwin writes with a clarity that makes his mathematical proof easy for even the nonmathematician to understand and a verve that makes his book a delight to read. Leading you carefully through each step in his argument, he demonstrates in the end that God does indeed exist. Whether you’re a devout believer and agree with Dr. Unwin’s proof or are unsure about all things divine, you will find this provocative book enlightening and engaging.

Author : John Leslie Mackie
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198244028

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Truth, Probability and Paradox by John Leslie Mackie Pdf

Classic work by one of the most brilliant figures in post-war analytic philosophy.

Author : Richard Von Mises
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780486242149

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Probability, Statistics, and Truth by Richard Von Mises Pdf

This comprehensive study of probability considers the approaches of Pascal, Laplace, Poisson, and others. It also discusses Laws of Large Numbers, the theory of errors, and other relevant topics.

Author : R. Chuaqui
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1991-06-20
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780080872773

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Truth, Possibility and Probability by R. Chuaqui Pdf

Anyone involved in the philosophy of science is naturally drawn into the study of the foundations of probability. Different interpretations of probability, based on competing philosophical ideas, lead to different statistical techniques, and frequently to mutually contradictory consequences. This unique book presents a new interpretation of probability, rooted in the traditional interpretation that was current in the 17th and 18th centuries. Mathematical models are constructed based on this interpretation, and statistical inference and decision theory are applied, including some examples in artificial intelligence, solving the main foundational problems. Nonstandard analysis is extensively developed for the construction of the models and in some of the proofs. Many nonstandard theorems are proved, some of them new, in particular, a representation theorem that asserts that any stochastic process can be approximated by a process defined over a space with equiprobable outcomes.

Author : Erik J. Olsson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005-04-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191535581

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Against Coherence by Erik J. Olsson Pdf

It is tempting to think that, if a person's beliefs are coherent, they are also likely to be true. Indeed, this truth-conduciveness claim is the cornerstone of the popular coherence theory of knowledge and justification. Hitherto much confusion has been caused by the inability of coherence theorists to define their central concept. Nor have they succeeded in specifying in unambiguous terms what the notion of truth-conduciveness involves. This book is the most extensive and detailed study of coherence and probable truth to date. Erik Olsson argues that the value of coherence has been generally overestimated; it is severely problematic to maintain that coherence has a role to play in the process whereby beliefs are acquired or justified. He proposes that the opposite of coherence, i.e. incoherence, can still be the driving force in the process whereby beliefs are retracted, so that the role of coherence in our enquiries is negative rather than positive. Another innovative feature of Olsson's book is its unified, interdisciplinary approach to the issues at hand. The arguments are equally valid for coherence among any items of information, regardless of their sources (beliefs, memories, testimonies, and so on). Writing in accessible, non-technical language, Olsson takes the reader through much of the history of the subject, from early theorists like A. C. Ewing and C. I. Lewis to contemporary figures like Laurence BonJour and C. A. J. Coady. Against Coherence will make stimulating reading for epistemologists and anyone with a serious interest in truth.

Author : Paul Horwich
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107142107

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Probability and Evidence by Paul Horwich Pdf

This influential book offers a probabilistic approach to scientific reasoning to resolve central issues in the philosophy of science.

Author : Bryson Brown,François Lepage
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1904987192

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Truth and Probability by Bryson Brown,François Lepage Pdf

This book is dedicated to the memory of Hughes Leblanc whose work was influential in many fields of philosophical logic, including especially truth-value (substitutional) semantics, probabilistic interpretations for classical and intuitionistic logic and natural deduction. In 1970, Hughes joined with 23 other philosophers and logicians attending a conference in Montreal to found the Society for Exact Philosophy. The papers collected in this volume derive from the program of the annual meeting of the Society for Exact Philosophy held at the Universite de Montreal in 2001. All of the papers are in the spirit of Hughes' work: to explore and try to solve philosophical problems in a sound and systematic way, with the help of formal logico-mathematical tools.

Author : Henry Ely Kyburg,Mariam Thalos
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0812695135

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Probability is the Very Guide of Life by Henry Ely Kyburg,Mariam Thalos Pdf

This collection of philosophical essays looks at various technical problems in the use of probability theory for guidance in practical decisions. This text is intended for those who already have a basic grounding in philosophy, logic and probabilty theory.

Author : Nils-Eric Sahlin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1990-08-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521385435

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The Philosophy of F. P. Ramsey by Nils-Eric Sahlin Pdf

F. P. Ramsey was a remarkably creative and subtle philosopher who made significant contributions to logic, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language and decision theory.

Author : Hans Reichenbach
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Theory of Probability by Hans Reichenbach Pdf

Author : Nikolai Dokuchaev
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789814678056

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Probability Theory by Nikolai Dokuchaev Pdf

This book provides a systematic, self-sufficient and yet short presentation of the mainstream topics on introductory Probability Theory with some selected topics from Mathematical Statistics. It is suitable for a 10- to 14-week course for second- or third-year undergraduate students in Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, or Economics, who have completed some introductory course in Calculus. There is a sufficient number of problems and solutions to cover weekly tutorials.

Author : Hugo A. Keuzenkamp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000-11-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781139431040

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Probability, Econometrics and Truth by Hugo A. Keuzenkamp Pdf

When John Maynard Keynes likened Jan Tinbergen's early work in econometrics to black magic and alchemy, he was expressing a widely held view of a new discipline. However, even after half a century of practical work and theorizing by some of the most accomplished social scientists, Keynes' comments are still repeated today. This book assesses the foundations and development of econometrics and sets out a basis for the reconstruction of the foundations of econometric inference by examining the various interpretations of probability theory which underlie econometrics. Keuzenkamp claims that the probabilistic foundations of econometrics are weak, and although econometric inferences may yield interesting knowledge, claims to be able to falsify or verify economic theories are unwarranted. Methodological falsificationism in econometrics is an illusion. Instead, it is argued, econometrics should locate itself in the tradition of positivism.

Author : Horacio Arló-Costa,Vincent F. Hendricks,Johan van Benthem
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 3319204505

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Readings in Formal Epistemology by Horacio Arló-Costa,Vincent F. Hendricks,Johan van Benthem Pdf

This volume presents 38 classic texts in formal epistemology, and strengthens the ties between research into this area of philosophy and its neighbouring intellectual disciplines. The editors provide introductions to five subsections: Bayesian Epistemology, Belief Change, Decision Theory, Interactive Epistemology and Epistemic Logic. 'Formal epistemology' is a term coined in the late 1990s for a new constellation of interests in philosophy, the origins of which are found in earlier works of epistemologists, philosophers of science and logicians. It addresses a growing agenda of problems concerning knowledge, belief, certainty, rationality, deliberation, decision, strategy, action and agent interaction – and it does so using methods from logic, probability, computability, decision and game theory. The volume also includes a thorough index and suggestions for further reading, and thus offers a complete teaching and research package for students as well as research scholars of formal epistemology, philosophy, logic, computer science, theoretical economics and cognitive psychology.

Author : Alfred Jules Ayer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0231047673

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Probability and Evidence by Alfred Jules Ayer Pdf

In Probability and Evidence, one of Britain's foremost twentieth-century philosophers addresses central questions in the theory of knowledge and the philosophy of science. This book contains A.J. Ayer's John Dewey Lectures delivered at Columbia University, together with two additional essays, "Has Harrod Answered Hume?" and "The Problem of Conditionals."