From Zeno to Arbitrage: Essays on Quantity, Coherence, and Induction
Author:   Brian Skyrms (Stanford University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   264
Publication Date:   29 November 2012
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From Zeno to Arbitrage: Essays on Quantity, Coherence, and Induction


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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.

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Author:   Brian Skyrms (Stanford University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.40cm
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9780199652815


ISBN 10:   0199652813
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   29 November 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements I. Zeno and the Metaphysics of Quantity Introduction 1: Zeno's Paradox of Measure 2: Tractarian Nominalism 3: Logical Atoms and Combinatorial Possibility 4: Strict Coherence, Sigma Coherence, and the Metaphysics of Quantity II. Coherent Degrees of Belief Introduction 5: Higher Order Degrees of Belief 6: A Mistake in Dynamic Coherence Arguments? 7: Dynamic Coherence and Probability Kinematics 8: Updating, Supposing, and MAXENT 9: The Structure of Radical Probabilism 10: Diachronic Coherence and Radical Probabilism III. Induction Introduction 11: Carnapian Inductive Logic for Markov Chains 12: Carnapian Inductive Logic and Bayesian Statistics 13: Bayesian Projectibility

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this book is a convenient source for a lot of his important work on the application of mathematics to philosophical questions about induction and epistemology, as well as some intriguing ideas for metaphysics ... I hope that it helps make more philosophers aware of the important work Brian Skyrms has been doing for several decades. This work is well worth studying for anyone dealing with these issues Kenny Easwaran, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews


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Brian Skyrms is Distinguished Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science and Economics at the University of California, Irvine. His interests cover a range of topics, including the evolution of conventions, the social contract, inductive logic, decision theory, rational deliberation, the metaphysics of logical atomism, causality, and truth. He is the author of Signals: Evolution, Learning, and Information (OUP, 2010).

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