Nicholas Shackel

Bertrand's Paradox and the Principle of Indifference

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Produktbeschreibung

This book casts a new light on Bertrand's Paradox, giving original analyses of the paradox, its possible solutions, the source of the paradox, the philosophical errors we make in attempting to solve it and what the paradox proves for the philosophy of probability.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 717g
• ISBN-13: 9781032597935
• ISBN-10: 1032597933
• Artikelnr.: 68716292

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Principle of Indifference 2. The Principle of Indifference for Sets
3. Bertrand's Paradoxes 4. The Threat to the Principle and Four Kinds of
Solution 5. The Distinction Strategy 6. The Well¿posing Strategy 7. The
Irrelevance Strategy 8. The Maximum Entropy Principle 9. The Universal
Average 10. Metäindifference 11. Permissivism 12. Uniqueness a Criterion of
Identity 13. Symmetry: the Forlorn Hope 14. Unearthing the Root 15.
Bertrand's Temptations 16. Rational Strength

Rezensionen

"This is a very useful resource for graduate students and researchers interested in one of the most challenging puzzles in the theory of probability."

Hykel Hosni, University of Milan, Italy

"This is essential reading for anyone seriously interested in Bertrand's chord paradox or the broader epistemic issue of the status of the principle of indifference (and the maximum entropy principle."

Darrell P. Rowbottom, Lingnan University, Hong Kong