From Zeno to Arbitrage: Essays on Quantity, Coherence, and Induction by Skyrms, Brian

From Zeno to Arbitrage: Essays on Quantity, Coherence, and Induction (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199652815)

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From Zeno to Arbitrage: Essays on Quantity, Coherence, and Induction by Skyrms, Brian

From Zeno to Arbitrage: Essays on Quantity, Coherence, and Induction

$44.99
From Zeno to Arbitrage: Essays on Quantity, Coherence, and Induction by Skyrms, Brian

From Zeno to Arbitrage: Essays on Quantity, Coherence, and Induction

$44.99
Format: Paperback
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Brian Skyrms presents a set of influential essays on the nature of quantity, probability, coherence, and induction. The first part explores the nature of quantity and includes essays on tractarian nominalism, combinatorial possibility, and coherence. Part Two proceeds to examine coherent updating of degrees of belief in various learning situations. Finally, in Part Three, Skyrms develops an account of aspects of inductive reasoning, which proceeds from specific problems to general considerations. These essays span the breadth of Skyrms's illustrious career and will be essential reading for scholars and advanced students in philosophy of science and formal epistemology.


Author: Brian Skyrms
ISBN-10: 0199652813
ISBN-13: 9780199652815
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 02/07/2013
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d
By Brian Skyrms
By Brian Skyrms
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Brian Skyrms is Distinguished Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science and Economics at the University of California, Irvine. His interests cover a range of topics, including the evolution of conventions, the social contract, inductive logic, decision theory, rational deliberation, the metaphysics of logical atomism, causality, and truth. He is the author of Signals: Evolution, Learning, and Information (OUP, 2010).

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