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082	0	4	_a519.5 _223
100	1		_aEckhardt, William. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aParadoxes in Probability Theory _h[electronic resource] / _cby William Eckhardt.
264		1	_aDordrecht : _bSpringer Netherlands : _bImprint: Springer, _c2013.
300			_aXV, 79 p. 5 illus. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	1		_aSpringerBriefs in Philosophy, _x2211-4548
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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			_aParadoxes 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.
650		0	_aStatistics.
650		0	_aLogic.
650		0	_aScience _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aDistribution (Probability theory).
650		0	_aMathematical statistics.
650	1	4	_aStatistics.
650	2	4	_aStatistical Theory and Methods.
650	2	4	_aPhilosophy of Science.
650	2	4	_aLogic.
650	2	4	_aProbability Theory and Stochastic Processes.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
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776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9789400751392
830		0	_aSpringerBriefs in Philosophy, _x2211-4548
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5140-8
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