ABSTRACT

The Twentieth Century has seen a dramatic rise in the use of probability and statistics in almost all fields of research. This has stimulated many new philosophical ideas on probability.
Philosophical Theories of Probability is the first book to present a clear, comprehensive and systematic account of these various theories and to explain how they relate to one another. Gillies also offers a distinctive version of the propensity theory of probability, and the intersubjective interpretation, which develops the subjective theory.

chapter |13 pages

Introductory Survey of the Interpretations

Some Historical Background

chapter |11 pages

The Classical Theory

chapter |25 pages

The Logical Theory

chapter |38 pages

The Subjective Theory

chapter |25 pages

The Frequency Theory

chapter |24 pages

The Propensity Theory

(I) General survey

chapter |32 pages

The Propensity Theory

(II) Development of a Particular Version

chapter |19 pages

An Example of Pluralism

Differences between the Natural and Social Sciences