1st Edition

The Meaning of the Concept of Probability in Application to Finite Sequences (Routledge Revivals)

By Hilary Putnam Copyright 1990
    150 Pages
    by Routledge

    152 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 1990, this is a reissue of Professor Hilary Putnam’s dissertation thesis, written in 1951, which concerns itself with The Meaning of the Concept of Probability in Application to Finite Sequences and the problems of the deductive justification for induction. Written under the direction of Putnam’s mentor, Hans Reichenbach, the book considers Reichenbach’s idealization of very long finite sequences as infinite sequences and the bearing this has upon Reichenbach’s pragmatic vindication of induction.

    1. The General Nature of the Problem and of the Required Solution  2. The Calculus of Probability and its Interpretation  3. Induction  4. The Justification of Induction

    Biography

    Hilary Putnam