Good thinking : the foundations of probability and its applications / I.J. Good.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Good, Irving John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Probabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Good Thinking is a representative sampling of I. J. Good's writing on a wide range of questions about the foundations of statistical inference, especially where induction intersects with philosophy. Good believes that clear reasoning about many important practical and philosophical questions is impossible except in terms of probability. This book collects from various published sources 23 of Good's articles with an emphasis on more philosophical than mathematical. He covers such topics as rational decisions, randomness, operational research, measurement of knowledge, mathematical discovery, ar

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Bayesian Rationality; Part II. Probability; Part III. Corroboration, Hypothesis Testing, Induction, and Simplicity; Part IV. Information and Surprise; Part V. Causality and Explanation; References; Bibliography; Subject Index of the Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

0-8166-6265-7

OCLC:

476162323