Belief and Probability (Synthese Library, 104, Band 104) - hardcover

EAN (ISBN-13): 9789027707444
ISBN (ISBN-10): 9027707448
Hardcover
Publishing year: 1977
Publisher: Springer
220 Pages
Weight: 0,497 kg
Language: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 9027707448

ISBN - alternate spelling:
90-277-0744-8, 978-90-277-0744-4
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Book author: vickers, quine
Book title: probability, beyond belief, synthese

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Author: J.M. Vickers
Title: Synthese Library; Belief and Probability
Publisher: Springer; Springer Netherland
208 Pages
Publishing year: 1977-01-31
Dordrecht; NL
Weight: 1,040 kg
Language: English
106,99 € (DE)
109,99 € (AT)
118,00 CHF (CH)
POD
VIII, 208 p.

BB; Philosophy of Science; Hardcover, Softcover / Philosophie/Allgemeines, Lexika; Wissenschaftsphilosophie und -theorie; Verstehen; coherence; concept; conditional; knowledge; logic; mathematics; mind; pragmatism; predicate logic; probability; quantifiers; subject; Philosophy of Science; BC; EA

0. Introduction.- 0.1. Logic and Probability.- 0.2. Judgment.- 0.3. Belief and Action.- 0.4. Belief, Judgment and Logic.- 0.5. A Relative View of Belief and Judgment.- I. The Natures of Judgment and Belief.- 1.1. Remarks on the Theory of Judgment.- 1.2. Mentalistic Views of Belief.- 1.3. Mentalistic Views; Distinct Acts of the Mind are Possible.- 1.4. Behavioristic Views. Pragmatism.- 1.5. Other Behavioristic Views.- Notes.- II. Partial Belief.- II.1. Mentalistic Partial Belief.- II.2. The Relation of Belief and Desire.- II.3. Difficulties with this Account.- Notes.- III. Logic And Probability.- III.1. Logic.- III.2. The Probability of Sentences.- III.3. Transparency.- Notes.- IV. Coherence and the Sum Condition.- IV.1. The Concept of Coherence.- IV.2. The Sum Condition Entails the Laws of Probability.- IV.3. Probability Entails the Sum Condition.- Notes.- V. Probability and Infinity.- V.1. Subjectivism and Infinity.- V.2. Extensions of Probabilities.- V.3. Independence.- V.4. Conditional Probability.- V.5. Transparency and Monotonicity.- V.6. Systems with Finite Bases; Indifference.- V.7. Probability and Quantifiers.- Notes.- VI. Infinity and the Sum Condition.- VI.1. Generalization of the Sum Condition.- VI.2. Probability Entails the Generalized Sum Conditions.- VI.3. The Generalized Sum Condition Entails the Laws of Probability.- Appendix on Set Theory and Boolean Algebras.- Appendix on Measure Theory.- Index of Names and Subjects.