From Zeno to arbitrage : essays on quantity, coherence, and induction

Author(s)

• Skyrms, Brian

Bibliographic Information

From Zeno to arbitrage : essays on quantity, coherence, and induction

Brian Skyrms

Oxford University Press, 2012

1st ed

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

• I. ZENO AND THE METAPHYSICS OF QUANTITY
• II. COHERENT DEGREES OF BELIEF
• III. INDUCTION

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Details

• NCID: BC13145285
• ISBN:
  • 9780199652815
• LCCN: 2012277392
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: 254 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BD161
  • DC23 : 121
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Knowledge, Theory of
  • LCSH : Metaphysics
  • LCSH : Quantity (Philosophy)
  • LCSH : Sense of coherence
  • LCSH : Induction (Logic)