Paradoxes in Probability Theory (Record no. 48508)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9789400751408 |
| -- | 978-94-007-5140-8 |
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| Standard number or code | 10.1007/978-94-007-5140-8 |
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| Classification number | QA276-280 |
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| Subject category code | PBT |
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| Subject category code | MAT029000 |
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| Classification number | 519.5 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Eckhardt, William. |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Paradoxes in Probability Theory |
| Medium | [electronic resource] / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | by William Eckhardt. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Dordrecht : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Springer Netherlands : |
| -- | Imprint: Springer, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2013. |
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| Extent | XV, 79 p. 5 illus. |
| Other physical details | online resource. |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| Series statement | SpringerBriefs in Philosophy, |
| International Standard Serial Number | 2211-4548 |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Seven Paradoxes -- Chapter 2. Doomsday! -- Chapter 3. The Betting Crowd -- Chapter 4. The Simulation Argument -- Chapter 5. Newcomb's Problem -- Chapter 6. The Open Box Game -- Chapter 7. The Hadron Collider Card Experiment -- Chapter 8. The Two-Envelopes Problem -- Chapter 9. Odds and Ends -- Epilogue. Anthropic Eden. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Paradoxes provide a vehicle for exposing misinterpretations and misapplications of accepted principles. This book discusses seven paradoxes surrounding probability theory. Some remain the focus of controversy; others have allegedly been solved, however the accepted solutions are demonstrably incorrect. Each paradox is shown to rest on one or more fallacies. Instead of the esoteric, idiosyncratic, and untested methods that have been brought to bear on these problems, the book invokes uncontroversial probability principles, acceptable both to frequentists and subjectivists. The philosophical disputation inspired by these paradoxes is shown to be misguided and unnecessary; for instance, startling claims concerning human destiny and the nature of reality are directly related to fallacious reasoning in a betting paradox, and a problem analyzed in philosophy journals is resolved by means of a computer program. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Statistics. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Logic. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Philosophy and science. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Probabilities. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Statistics. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Statistical Theory and Methods. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Philosophy of Science. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Logic. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes. |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Title | Springer eBooks |
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| Relationship information | Printed edition: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789400751392 |
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| Uniform title | SpringerBriefs in Philosophy, |
| International Standard Serial Number | 2211-4548 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5140-8">http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5140-8</a> |
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