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Bertrand's paradox and the principle of indifference / Nicholas Shackel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shackel, Nicholas, 1955- author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in the philosophy of mathematics and physics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bertrand, Joseph, 1822-1900.
- Bertrand, Joseph.
- Probabilities.
- Paradox.
- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 375 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Nicholas Shackel is Professor of Philosophy, Cardiff University and Distinguished Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford University. His research is mainly on paradoxes and rationality. He has published numerous articles in books and leading journals including Journal of Philosophy, Mind, and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
- Contents:
- The principle of indifference
- The principle of indifference for sets
- Bertrand's paradoxes
- The threat to the principle and four kinds of solution
- The distinction strategy
- The well-posing strategy
- The irrelevance strategy
- The maximum entropy principle
- The universal average
- Meta-indifference
- Permissivism
- Uniqueness a criterion of identity
- Symmetry : the forlorn hope
- Unearthing the root
- Bertrand's temptations
- Rational strength.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 05, 2024).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ryan Ly and Family Endowed Collection Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Shackel, Nicholas, 1955- Bertrand's paradox and the principle of indifference
- ISBN:
- 9781003456308
- 1003456308
- 9781003813361
- 1003813364
- 9781003813354
- 1003813356
- Publisher Number:
- 40032212854
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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