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244 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780521866552
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 01 September 2006
Description
Historical records show that there was no real concept of probability in Europe before the mid-seventeenth century, although the use of dice and other randomizing objects was commonplace. Ian Hacking presents a philosophical critique of early idea...
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244 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780521866552
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 01 September 2006
Description
Historical records show that there was no real concept of probability in Europe before the mid-seventeenth century, although the use of dice and other randomizing objects was commonplace. Ian Hacking presents a philosophical critique of early idea...